The combination of high resolution and infrared-detecting instruments on NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will reveal stars that are currently hidden even from the powerful Hubble Space Telescope. The wealth of ...
Astronomy
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On Feb. 22, 1906, German astrophotographer Max Wolf helped reshape our understanding of the solar system. Again.
Space Exploration
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder marked by joint pain, swelling and damage. Although medications, such as steroids, anti-inflammatory drugs and immunosuppressants, can help slow joint destruction and ...
Bio & Medicine
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To come into being, galaxies need a steady diet of cold gases to undergo gravitational collapse. The larger the galaxy, the more cold gas it needs to coalesce and to grow.
Astronomy
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Ships are the polluting 'elephants in the room' nobody is talking about despite a global drive to make oceans cleaner, according to new research.
Environment
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Since the late 1800s, observers have searched the polar skies for elusive, high-flying clouds that shine in the darkness. These polar mesospheric clouds, or PMCs, are wispy swarms of ice crystals that form in the late spring ...
Earth Sciences
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Does this image make you anxious or are you already tracking where all the wires go? If the latter, you might have what it takes to be an astronaut!
Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2021
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Climate change has made Europe's forests more vulnerable to hazards like fires, insect outbreaks, windthrows, or a combination of these three, according to a new JRC study.
Environment
Feb 24, 2021
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Following the selection of three Earth Explorer candidate missions to enter a first feasibility study in September 2018, ESA has chosen one of the candidates, Harmony, to move to the next phase of development. Harmony is ...
Earth Sciences
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Although opposite charges always attract, they do not always interact as closely as possible. In a new study, researchers used a combination of molecular simulations and experiments to demonstrate the effects of subtly changing ...
Analytical Chemistry
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