How three dust specks reveal an asteroid
Samples from Itokawa arrived back on Earth in 2010 after being collected by the Hayabusa probe. The specks are tiny. No, really tiny. Smaller than...
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Authorities raise alert level around Lascar volcano in northern Chile
Chilean authorities on January 28, 2023 announced a heightened alert amid growing signs of activity from the Lascar volcano, near the border with Bolivia. Authorities...
Camera captures night sky spiral after SpaceX rocket launch
This image taken from video provided by the NAOJ & Asahi Shimbun, shows spiral swirling through the night sky from Mauna Kea, Hawaii’s tallest mountain....
First observation of de Broglie-Mackinnon wave packets achieved by exploiting loophole in 1980s theorem
UCF CREOL Graduate Research Assistant Layton Hall, ’22MS (left) and Dr. Ayman Abouraddy. Credit: University of Central Florida University of Central Florida College of Optics...
Alien plant species are spreading rapidly in mountainous areas, says new monitoring study
An ETH Zurich researcher is looking for alien plant species along a mountain road in canton of Wallis, Switzerland. Credit: Fiona Schwaller/ETH Zurich Many mountain...
Climate modelers add ocean biogeochemistry and fisheries to forecasts of future upwelling
Projected change (defined as the mean over the future period of 2071–2100 minus the mean over the historical period of 1991–2020) of alongshore wind stress...
BepiColombo and Solar Orbiter compare notes at Venus
The convergence of BepiColombo and Solar Orbiter spacecraft at Venus in August 2021 was a rare opportunity to investigate the “stagnation region,” an area of...
How salmon feed flowers and flourishing ecosystems: Study
Researchers found that the addition of salmon carcasses led to larger leaves, particularly in yarrow and common red paintbrush, and a greater seed set in...
Everyday Aussies
Drosera koikyennuruff. Credit: Thilo Krueger Scientists have identified six new or rediscovered Western Australian plant species from photos taken and uploaded to the internet by...
Can online civic education strengthen democratic values?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study published in the American Journal of Political Science shows that civic education interventions can work to increase support for...