Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have pieced together the dramatic history of a distant red giant by studying subtle changes in its light. Tiny fluctuations in brightness reveal that the star may have…
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A strange star near a black hole is defying expectations
Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have pieced together the dramatic history of a distant red giant by studying subtle changes in its light. Tiny fluctuations in brightness reveal that the star may have…
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Science history: Marie Curie discovers a strange radioactive substance that would eventually kill her — Dec. 26, 1898
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Milestone: Discovery of radium and polonium
Date: Dec. 26, 1898
Where: Paris
Who: Marie and Pierre Curie, Gustave Bémont
On this day, chemists discovered a substance 900 times more radioactive than uranium. Their research led to…
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What NASA’s Mineral Hunt Really Means
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- NASA and USGS are utilizing high-altitude AVIRIS-3 sensor technology to map lithium, cobalt, and other battery minerals across 366,000 square miles of the American West since 2023.
- Spectral detection accelerates upstream…
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How Earth endured a planet-wide inferno: The secret water vault under our feet
Around 4.6 billion years ago, Earth looked nothing like the calm, blue world we see today. Repeated and powerful impacts from space kept the planet’s surface and interior in a turbulent, molten state. Much of Earth was covered by a global ocean…
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‘Weird’ marine life found thriving 2 miles deep under Arctic ice
Scientists have discovered a thriving hotspot of “weird” marine life more than two miles beneath the Arctic surface, marking the deepest known example of an environment called a gas hydrate “cold seep.”
The discovery was made in the…
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NASA unveils new images of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Astronomers continue to track the mysterious interstellar visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS as it speeds through the solar system, using spacecraft and telescopes both in orbit and on Earth, News.Az reports,…
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