Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson The analysis of Tropical Cyclone Cristina's cloud top temperatures revealed some bands of thunderstorms were developing and wrapping around the center of the storm's circulation.…
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Credit: Zhichao Wang Lightning is a spectacular natural phenomenon and the fascination with thunderstorms and lightning is a long-standing one. Today, lightning is known to be closely associated with the electrification and…
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nternational team make discovery using the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory's powerful radio telescope, ORLANDO, July 8, 2020 - The National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has proven itself…
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Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) When NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the western North Atlantic Ocean on July 6, it provided forecasters with a visible image…
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Credit: FEFU press office Astrophysicists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) with colleagues from Russia and oversea have revealed that large and dense particles with irregular shapes possess a 10 nm silicate feature…
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"Light squeezer" reduces quantum noise in lasers, could enhance quantum computing and gravitational-wave detection. Physicists at MIT have designed a quantum "light squeezer" that reduces quantum noise in an incoming laser beam by 15…
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Interconnected gas flows reveal how star-forming gas is assembled in galaxiesCredit: J. Henshaw/MPIA The molecular gas in galaxies is organised into a hierarchy of structures. The molecular material in giant molecular gas…
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Credit: Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA The outermost reaches of our solar system are a strange place--filled with dark and icy bodies with nicknames like Sedna, Biden and The Goblin, each of which span several hundred miles across.…
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Without care, Lost in Space could mean Lost in Translation LAWRENCE -- It lacks the drama of a shape-shifting alien creature, but another threat looms over the prospect of generations-long, interstellar space travel: Explorers arriving on…
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Credit: Guillaume Seigneuret and NASA A new analysis of white dwarf stars supports their role as a key source of carbon, an element crucial to all life, in the Milky Way and other galaxies. Approximately 90 percent of all stars…
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Credit: Guillaume Seigneuret and NASA As dying stars take their final few breaths of life, they gently sprinkle their ashes into the cosmos through the magnificent planetary nebulae. These ashes, spread via stellar winds, are…
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Credit: College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell University Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2020 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Dr. Martha P. Haynes, Goldwin…
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Proposed work is expected to significantly increase knowledge of dark matterCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The John Templeton Foundation has supported research on a diverse range of subjects including…
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Credit: NASA, ESA, and T. Brown (STScI) Lithium is becoming common in our everyday lives. It is the key ingredient in the batteries of our mobile phones and electric vehicles, but have you ever wondered where it comes from?  A new…
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Credit: Animation: Dhanesh Krishnarao / University of Wisconsin-Madison Figuring out how much energy permeates the center of the Milky Way--a discovery reported in the July 3 edition of the journal Science Advances--could yield new…
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