A fresh look at red giant stars offers key insights into cosmic distance measurements and a way to measure the universe's expansion with the highest accuracy.
Astronomy
Mar 15, 2024
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The U.S., Mexico and countries in the Caribbean are being battered by hurricane-induced ocean waves that have grown in areal size by 80% over the past 40 years, a new study has found.
Earth Sciences
Jan 9, 2024
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The Southern Ocean is "the engine room" for the world's climate and weather system. Across its large expanses of uninterrupted water, winds pick up speed and waves gather energy.
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2023
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High-energy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider are capable of producing a quark-gluon plasma. But are heavy atomic nuclei really necessary for its formation? And above all: how are secondary particles later born ...
General Physics
Nov 28, 2023
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A supernova explosion is a cataclysmic explosion that marks the violent end of a massive star's life. During the event, the star releases immense amounts of energy, often outshining the combined light from all the stars in ...
Astronomy
Nov 8, 2023
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The death toll from Storm Ciaran rose to at least 16 across Western Europe on Friday, as heavy downpours and record winds brought travel chaos.
Environment
Nov 2, 2023
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Venice officials agreed Tuesday to test a fee on day tourists to the overcrowded historic center, weeks after UNESCO warned it could list the city as an at-risk world heritage site.
Environment
Sep 12, 2023
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On January 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga exploded, releasing large amounts of energy into the atmosphere and ocean, causing tsunamis across the Pacific Ocean. Scientists from the Shocks, Solitons ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2023
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Last year, we made an intriguing discovery—a radio signal in space that switched on and off every 18 minutes.
Astronomy
Jul 23, 2023
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Studying the universe isn't easy, and not just because of the massive distances involved. If you want to study the galactic nurseries where stars and galaxies form, you often have to look at areas of the universe where there ...
Astronomy
Jun 27, 2023
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