A new movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the view as the spacecraft swooped over Saturn during the first of its Grand Finale dives between the planet and its rings on April 26.
Space Exploration
May 4, 2017
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The STO2 telescope with Dutch detectors on board that circled around the South Pole in December 2016 to investigate gas clouds between the stars landed safely on 30 December.
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2017
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The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of the Earth's poles. It ALWAYS exists near the poles, but weakens in summer and strengthens in winter. The term "vortex" refers to the counter-clockwise ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2016
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Federal forecasters predict this winter may paint the U.S. in stripes of different weather: Warmer and drier than normal in the south, and colder and wetter than usual in the far north.
Environment
Oct 20, 2016
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Sitting at Saturn's south pole is a vortex of monstrous proportions. The dark 'eye' of this feature is some 8000 km across, or about two thirds the diameter of Earth.
Space Exploration
May 11, 2016
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On 9 November 2005, 10 years ago today, ESA's Venus Express spacecraft left Earth and began its 153-day journey to Venus. The craft then spent eight years studying the planet in detail before the mission came to an end in ...
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2015
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Much of America is about to get the Arctic shivers.
Environment
Jan 3, 2015
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(AP)—Federal forecasters don't expect a return of frequent cold blasts from the polar vortex this winter. Nor should the weather system that blocked rain from California last winter come back.
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A group of researchers at Macquarie University has shown that circular dichroism – a differential absorption of the circular polarization light – can be induced in mirror symmetric samples such as circular ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 15, 2014
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A new study says that as the world gets warmer, parts of North America, Europe and Asia could see more frequent and stronger visits of cold air as the world gets warmer.
Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2014
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