Hubble Space Telescope celebrates Halloween with a glowering, dying star
A hypnotizing vortex? A peek into a witch's cauldron? A giant space-spider web?
Astronomy
Oct 28, 2021
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News tagged with brightness
Astronomers see white dwarf 'switch on and off' for first time
Astronomers have used a planet-hunting satellite to see a white dwarf abruptly switching on and off for the first time.
Astronomy
Oct 18, 2021
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More effective cell studies using new AI method
A new study from the University of Gothenburg opens the way for more effective microscopy, making it easier to research diseases. The study shows how artificial intelligence can be used to develop faster, cheaper and more ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 13, 2021
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Birds learn to avoid plants that host dangerous insects: study
Young birds that eat insects with conspicuous warning colouration to advertise their toxicity to would-be predators quickly learn to avoid other prey that carry the same markings. Developing on this understanding, a University ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 07, 2021
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Food scientists find key to perfectly smooth chocolate
The best kind of chocolate is creamy, smooth and melts in your mouth, not in your hands. Now University of Guelph food scientists say they have found a way to create that perfect chocolate that simplifies the traditional ...
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2021
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During close pass, Solar Orbiter captures Venus' glare
On Aug. 9, 2021, ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft passed within 4,967 miles (7,995 kilometers) of the surface of planet Venus. In the days leading up to the approach, the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager, or SoloHI, telescope ...
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2021
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How light pollution affects animal orientation
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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New X-ray pulsar discovered
Using ART-XC and eROSITA telescopes onboard the Spectrum Roentgen Gamma (SRG) mission, an international team of astronomers has detected a new pulsar. The newly found object, designated SRGA J204318.2+443815, turns out to ...
How to see tonight's conjunction of Venus and Mars in the evening sky
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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Bend it like Einstein: Astronomers turn galaxies into magnifiers
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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