Behold, 'The Beast': Gigantic animal-like plasma plume 13 times wider than Earth hovers over the sun
Astrophotographers have snapped stunning shots of a giant shapeshifting solar prominence, dubbed "The Beast," which appeared over the sun's northeastern limb on July 12 and rained impossibly fast fire over our home star.
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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction
It's another meteoric rise for what's called the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The 54-pound rock fetched nearly $5.3 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday. The buyer's identity was not disclosed. The red, brown and gray meteorite is be…
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Antarctica’s Vast River Networks Revealed Under Thick Ice
Massive river landscapes have been found under Antarctica’s ice – and they might hold the secret to slowing rising sea levels.
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Astronomers discover a cosmic 'fossil' at the edge of our solar system. Is this bad news for 'Planet 9'?
"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today."
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Earth Could Be in a Massive Cosmic Bubble That’s Warping the Universe, Astrophysicists Reveal
A cosmic void could be distorting how we see the universe expand. Sound from the Big Bang may hold the clues. According to astronomers, Earth and the entire Milky Way galaxy might be located within a vast, low-density region of space—essentially a cosmic void…
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Caltech Scientists Make Producing Plastics From CO2 More Efficient
For decades there has been this tantalizing idea being pitched of pulling CO2 out of the air and using the carbon molecules for something more useful, like making plastics. Although this is a fairl…
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Our Milky Way galaxy may be surrounded by 100 undetected 'orphan' galaxies
"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how the universe came to be as we see it today."
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Scientists achieve first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect
In a new Nature Physics paper, researchers report the first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect, a key thermoelectric phenomenon that has eluded scientists since it was predicted over a century ago.
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Astronomers witness the birth of a planetary system for the 1st time (video)
"For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our sun."
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World’s biggest Mars rock sells for $4.3 million at auction
A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth sold at a Sotheby’s New York auction Wednesday.
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Can an extinct volcano come back to life? Scientists think they found out
The Uturuncu volcano in Bolivia, believed to be extinct for 250,000 years, shows internal signs of activity that surprise scientists.
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SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from California
Liftoff occurred at 10:05 p.m. EDT on Tuesday (July 15).
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Meet Skydweller: A solar-powered drone that can fly for 90 days straight — it's wider and 160 times lighter than a Boeing 747
Skydweller is a solar-powered drone that can fly for up to three months without landing, with researchers hoping to one day achieve much longer flight times.
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There may be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center
Dark matter particle and antiparticle collisions could make some stars immortal.
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Colossal eruption carves 250,000-mile-long 'canyon of fire' into the sun (video)
A massive filament eruption carved a 250,000-mile-long "canyon of fire" into the sun — and sent a CME sailing into space.
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"Something Extraordinary Occurred": A New 380-Kilometer World Has Been Found In Our Solar System
Welcome to the neighborhood, Ammonite.
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Mars Isn’t as Red as You Think: A Physicist Uncovers the Real Color of the Red Planet—and the Optical Illusion Fooling Us All
IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Mars’ Red Color is due to iron oxide, or rust, covering its surface, linking its hue to both mythology and science. 🚀 Probes and rovers have revealed Mars’ surface is not uniformly red but varies from rusty brown to tan, with white ice caps …
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Astronomers detect most massive black hole collision to date
Using ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein, a team of researchers has detected a cosmic merger of unprecedented proportions.
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Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star. They reported Wednesday that it's an unprecedented snapshot of “time zero” when new worlds begin to gel. The Dutch-led team used NASA's Webb Space Telescope a…
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Scientists think they found Earth's 'missing nitrogen' in a very unexpected place
Scientists discover that large amounts of nitrogen could be hidden in the Earth's metallic core, which would solve a geological mystery.
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