The growth of cities with their streetlights and illuminated buildings has led to brighter nights. This has consequences for animals: the artificial light illuminates them directly, but also lights up the sky, making the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2021
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Venus has returned to our evening skies and is looking lovely in the north-west after sunset. Tonight, July 13, it will pair up with the red planet Mars and just above the two planets will be the waxing crescent Moon.
Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2021
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Astronomers have turned a cluster of galaxies into a gargantuan magnifying lens, using it to study another galaxy, 10.7 billion light years away, in unprecedented detail.
Astronomy
Jun 29, 2021
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Talk about a rude awakening. Brood X cicadas are coming of age in world that is drastically altered from the one their ancestors knew.
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2021
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Bright lights, big city.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2021
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Microlaser particles have emerged as unique optical probes for single-cell tracking. However, due to inherent directionality of laser emissions, cell tracking with laser particles suffers from frequent loss of cell traces. ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 2, 2021
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An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new exoplanet as part of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). The newly found alien world, designated NGTS-14Ab, is about 30% larger than Neptune. The ...
Scientists in Australia have stumbled across an unusual way to observe color that had previously gone unnoticed.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 15, 2020
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On temple columns blackened by soot, a group of researchers uncovered ancient paintings showing eight Buddhist saints possibly dating back to over 1,300 years ago.
Archaeology
Oct 1, 2020
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Here's something we don't see very often: an Earth-grazing meteoroid.
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2020
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