In astronomy, we have a common saying: "good luck, and clear skies." For an eclipse chaser like me, this is especially important. We have two minutes and no second chance—one small cloud can spoil everything.
Space Exploration
Jul 02, 2019
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NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a world between the sizes of Mars and Earth orbiting a bright, cool, nearby star. The planet, called L 98-59b, marks the tiniest discovered by TESS to date.
Astronomy
Jun 27, 2019
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The clangor of bells in the air, Myanmar children race home from school on recycled bikes shipped from Singapore and Malaysia, donated to give them easier access to education in a nation where more than half live in poverty.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 20, 2019
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"Time alters all things," wrote the Latin poet Horace. Museum conservators would love to prove him wrong. Protecting artworks from the effects of aging requires an understanding of the way materials alter over time. Professor ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 10, 2019
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Astrophysicists Szabolcs Marka at Columbia University and Imre Bartos at the University of Florida, have identified a violent collision of two neutron stars 4.6 billion years ago as the likely source of some of the most coveted ...
Astronomy
May 02, 2019
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Gaia, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA, surveys the sky from orbit to create the largest, most precise, three-dimensional map of our Galaxy. One year ago, the Gaia mission produced its much-awaited second data release, ...
Astronomy
May 02, 2019
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Cyanobacteria are tiny, hardy organisms. Each cell is 25 times smaller than a human hair, but don't let the size fool you. Their collective ability to do expand photosynthesis is why we have air to breathe and a diverse ...
Biochemistry
Apr 04, 2019
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UNSW astronomers have shown that binary stars – two stars locked in orbit around each other – reflect light as well as radiating it, revealing new ways for their detection.
Astronomy
Apr 02, 2019
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Biodiversity hotspot Madagascar is one of the world's biggest islands, and home to some of its biggest insects. Now German scientists have discovered two new species of giant stick insect, living only in the dry forests of ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 02, 2019
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For more than 30 years bright orange "Garfield" phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement of local beach cleaners, who have finally cracked the mystery behind them.
Environment
Mar 29, 2019
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