Science

Dead star emits never-before seen mix of radiation

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Integral: gamma-ray observatory

CfA Scientists and Team Take a Look Inside the Central Engine of a Solar Flare for the First Time

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CfA Scientists and Team Take a Look Inside the Central Engine of a Solar Flare for the First Time

X-Rays Recount Origin of Oddball Meteorites

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X-ray experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source helped scientists to establish...

NASA’s Mars 2020 mis¬sion will search for traces of past mi¬cro¬bial life with the Per-se¬ver¬ance rover

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NASA's Mars rover Perseverance

An origin story for a family of oddball meteorites

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Samples from a rare meteorite family, including the one shown here, reveal that their parent...

Mapping the Oaxaca earthquake from space

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COVID-19 pandemic causes seismic noise quiet period in 2020

Seismic noise is measure by seismometers. These are sensitive scientific instruments to record vibrations travelling through the ground – known as seismic waves. Traditionally, seismology focuses on measuring seismic waves arising after earthquakes....

NASA Juno Takes First Images of Jovian Moon Ganymede's North Pole

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These images the JIRAM instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft took on Dec. 26...