A volcano in southeastern Iran has nudged upward by about 3.5 inches (9 centimeters) in 10 months. This might sound like a small rise but it has big significance.
A new study used satellite data to spot the change and argues that pressure is…
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Galaxies so hot they’re shocking space researchers : Short Wave : NPR
An artist’s rendering of this young galaxy cluster, SPT2349–56, which researchers found was hotter than the surface of…
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What counts as “gravitationally bound” in the expanding Universe?
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Coral reefs have a hidden daily rhythm scientists just discovered
New research shows that coral reefs do more than support fish and other visible marine species. They also help organize the daily timing of microscopic organisms living in nearby waters. Over the course of a single day, both the abundance and the…
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The Sky This Week from Jan. 9 to 16: Jupiter at opposition – Astronomy Magazine
- The Sky This Week from Jan. 9 to 16: Jupiter at opposition Astronomy Magazine
- What’s Up: January 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA Science (.gov)
- Jupiter reaches closest point to Earth this week: Here’s when and where to look in central…
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Why is Trump interested in Greenland? Look to the thawing Arctic ice | Gaby Hinsliff
Another week, another freak weather phenomenon you’ve probably never heard of. If it’s not the “weather bomb” of extreme wind and snow that Britain is hunkering down for as I write, it’s reports in the Guardian of reindeer in the Arctic…
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New images capture rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS passing through our Solar System
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Two stunning new images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS – one captured from Earth by the Gemini North…
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Ganges Delta Under a Winter Shroud of Fog
Winter weather took hold across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in early January 2026, bringing dense fog and cold temperatures to much of the flat, fertile lands that span from Pakistan and northern India to Bangladesh.
This image shows…
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An old jeweler’s trick could change nuclear timekeeping
Last year, researchers led by UCLA achieved a milestone that physicists had pursued for half a century. They succeeded in making radioactive thorium nuclei absorb and release photons in a controlled way, similar to how electrons behave inside…
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Coffee-based staining offers eco-friendly solution for electron microscopy
Researchers at TU Graz have proven that espresso is a favourable alternative to the highly toxic and radioactive uranyl acetate in the analysis of biological samples.
To ensure that the tissue structures of biological samples are…
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