The ominous warning – "winter is coming", popularised by fantasy series Game of Thrones – applies equally well to Pluto.
Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2019
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After arriving at McMurdo Station on the unforgiving continent of Antarctica, it still took Dr. Rhonda Stroud two days of safety training and a four-hour flight before she was finally where she needed to be: the bottom of ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2019
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New Earth-based telescope observations show that auroras at Jupiter's poles are heating the planet's atmosphere to a greater depth than previously thought—and that it is a rapid response to the solar wind.
Space Exploration
Apr 9, 2019
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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have discovered a special phenomenon of magnetism in the nano range. It enables magnets to be assembled in unusual configurations. This could be used to build ...
Nanophysics
Mar 28, 2019
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This photograph, taken a short hike from the Geographic South Pole in Antarctica, shows some of the antennas comprising the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) array. They are visible here as the chain of antennas ...
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2019
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A tent made from experimental eco-materials has been taken to one of the harshest climates in the world to test its endurance.
Environment
Feb 25, 2019
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The world's largest coordinated network of protected areas is not located at the South Pole or in Australia, Africa, Asia or on the American continents – but in Europe. Twenty per cent of the EU's landmass and large parts ...
Environment
Feb 21, 2019
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The Earth's magnetic shield booms like a drum when it is hit by strong impulses, according to new research from Queen Mary University of London.
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2019
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North isn't quite where it used to be.
Earth Sciences
Feb 4, 2019
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What kinds of computers would be conceivable if physics worked differently? Quantum physicists Marius Krumm from the University of Vienna and Markus Müller from the Viennese Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 4, 2019
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