For many years, scientists assumed the aurora seen around the north pole was identical to the aurora seen around the south pole. The poles are connected by magnetic field lines and auroral displays are caused by charged particles ...
Space Exploration
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Should regulations for environmental protection be valid beyond our solar system? Currently, extra-terrestrial forms of life are only deemed worth protecting if they can be scientifically investigated. But what about the ...
Astronomy
Jan 25, 2019
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We stand amazed by the vitality of printed books, a more than 500-year-old technique, both on and offline. We have observed over the years all of the dialogue which books have created around themselves, through 150 interviews ...
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2019
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Our first glimpses into the physics that exist near the center of a black hole are being made possible using "loop quantum gravity"—a theory that uses quantum mechanics to extend gravitational physics beyond Einstein's ...
General Physics
Dec 20, 2018
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What will you leave behind in 2019? Here's one suggestion: toxic workplace emotional labour.
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2018
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Space. The very word speaks of emptiness and isolation. But since we discovered how useful it is to put things up there, space has been getting a little bit crowded.
Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2018
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On the evening of Thursday, Nov. 15, NASA's Kepler space telescope received its final set of commands to disconnect communications with Earth. The "goodnight" commands finalize the spacecraft's transition into retirement, ...
Astronomy
Nov 19, 2018
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CU Boulder will soon have new eyes on the sun. Two miniature satellites designed by researchers at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) are scheduled to launch later this month on Spaceflight's SSO-A: SmallSat ...
Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2018
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A close study of auroras has revealed new ways of understanding the physics of explosive energy releases in space, according to new UCL-led research.
Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2018
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On October 7, 2018, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot this photograph while orbiting at an altitude of more than 250 miles over Australia.
Space Exploration
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