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Aurora Mysteries Unlocked With NASA’s THEMIS Mission
Auroral beads seen from the International Space Station, Sept. 17, 2011 (Frame ID: ISS029-E-6012).
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Hubble Helps Uncover the Mystery of the Dimming of Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse’s Dust Cloud (Artist’s Impression)
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NASA Satellite’s Lone View of Betelgeuse Reveals More Strange Behavior
An image from the Heliospheric Imager aboard NASA’s STEREO spacecraft shows the star Betelgeuse, circled. For several weeks in 2020, STEREO was the only observatory making measurements of Betelgeuse because of the spacecraft’s unique position in space.
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How airplanes counteract St. Elmo’s fire during thunderstorms
Carmen Guerra-Garcia, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, is the lead author of a new study analyzing the effect of wind on underground corona discharges.
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Scientists Suggest Stellar "Sneeze" as Reason for Betelgeuse's Massive Dimming in Early 2020 and Say It May Be Dimming Again, Roughly 400 Days Early
Scientists Suggest Stellar "Sneeze" as Reason for Betelgeuse's Massive Dimming in Early 2020 and Say It May Be Dimming Again, Roughly 400 Days Early
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Global Methane Emissions Soaring, But How Much Was Due to Wetlands?
Infographic published with permission from the authors of “Increasing anthropogenic methane emissions arise equally from agricultural and fossil fuel sources.”
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ALMA sees most distant Milky Way look-alike
Lensed view of SPT0418-47
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NASA’s Planet Hunter Completes Its Primary Mission
Illustration of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) at work.
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Laser Beams Reflected Between Earth and Moon Boost Science
Artist's rendering of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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