Category: 7. Science
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Earth’s continents stabilized due to furnace-like heat, study reveals
The researchers distinguished between high-temperature (HT) and ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) conditions. Smye and his co-author, Peter Kelemen, professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University, noticed a striking consistency to…
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This 250-year-old equation just got a quantum makeover
How likely you think something is to happen depends on what you already believe about the situation. This simple idea forms the basis of Bayes’ rule, a mathematical approach to calculating probabilities first introduced in 1763. Now, an…
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Simulating Complex Coronal Mass Ejections Shows A Weakness In Space Weather Forecasting
Avoiding, or at least limiting the damage from, geomagnetic storms is one of the most compelling arguments for why we should pay attention to space. Strong solar storms can have an impact on everything from air traffic to farming, and we…
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Total solar eclipse reveals how birds depend on light and dark for biological cues
The total solar eclipse in North America on April 8, 2024, temporarily reset the biological clocks of some bird species, according to new research.
The eclipse created a dramatic spectacle…
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Mars orbiters capture closest images of rare comet 3I/ATLAS
In early October, astronomers spotted something ancient and mysterious gliding past Mars. It was not a spacecraft or satellite, but a visitor from beyond our Solar System – an interstellar comet.
Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar…
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NASA plan for astronauts to live on the Moon inside ‘lunar glass’ domes
An ambitious plan to build ‘lunar glass’ domes on the surface of the Moon has received backing from NASA.
Cast your mind back to being a child and think about how you imagined futuristic space travel. Chances are, it is likely that lunar colonies…
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