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Orion A in infrared

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A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken

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A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken

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NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on Europa

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On the left is a view of Europa taken from 2.9 million kilometers (1.8 million miles) away on March 2, 1979 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Next is a color image of Europa taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its close encounter on July 9, 1979. On the right is a view of Europa made from images taken by the Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.

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Sea-level monitoring satellite on show

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Copernicus Sentinel-6 on display.

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Researchers identify very high-energy gamma ray region in Crab Nebula

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Size of the very high-energy gamma rays are shown brightly in an X-ray image of the Crab Nebula (left), along with a one-dimensional special profile of the very high-energy gamma ray source (right).

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Climate Change Expected to Shift Location of East Asian Monsoons

New Berkeley Lab study finds warming climate could lead to profound changes in the subtropical climate

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Berkeley Lab climate scientists studied how the Hadley cell, a tropical air flow closely linked to monsoons, will change as the climate warms.

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Runaway star was ejected from the “heart of darkness”

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Runaway star was ejected from the “heart of darkness”

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Ten Suns for 10 years

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Ten Suns for 10 years

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Ozone hole set to close

The size of the ozone hole fluctuates – usually forming each year in August, with its peak in October, before finally closing in late November or December. Not only will the hole close earlier than usual in 2019, but it is also the smallest it has been in 30 years owing to unusual atmospheric conditions.

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Ozone_hole_set_to_close_pillars.

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A Third of California Methane Traced to a Few Super-Emitters

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Views from NASA's Methane Source Finder, a tool that provides methane data for the state of California. The data are derived from airborne remote-sensing, surface-monitoring networks and satellites and are presented on an interactive map alongside infrastructure information.