Science

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Newly Discovered Comet NEOWISE

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An unprocessed image from the WISPR instrument on board...

Conditions Ripe for Active Amazon Fire, Atlantic Hurrican Seasons

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On August 11, 2019, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured these images of several fires...

Scientists Dive Deep Into Hidden World of Quantum States

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Right: Animation of a Van Hove singularity (VHS) shown approximately 1 nanometer below the surface of an...

VERITAS: Exploring the Deep Truths of Venus

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An artist's concept of active volcanos on Venus, depicting a subduction zone where the foreground crust...

Comet NEOWISE Sizzles as It Slides by the Sun, Providing a Treat for Observers

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Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE appears as a string of fuzzy red dots in this composite of several heat-sensitive infrared...

Keeping a Steady Eye on Sea Level Change From Space

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Coastal areas around the world - such as the Zambezi River Delta shown in a Landsat 8 satellite image - are...

Shock waves from stellar explosions take preferential direction

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Shock waves from stellar explosions take preferential direction

Portable system boosts laser precision, at room temperature

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An MIT-designed miniature “squeezer” reduces quantum noise in lasers at room temperature. The...