Science

Radar Movies Highlight Asteroid 1998 QE2 and Its Moon

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This image of asteroid 1998 QE2 was obtained on June 1, 2013, when the asteroid was about 3.75 million miles (6...

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Small Asteroid Between Earth and Moon Tonight

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This illustration shows the path of the small asteroid 2013 LR6, which will safely pass within 65,000 miles (105,000...

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'Long-awaited explanation' for mysterious effects in high-temperature superconductors: 2 orders for electrons

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At each copper atom (grey balls) there is a quadrupole moment. All together, these form a kind of chessboard pattern, whereby the...

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Mars Rover Opportunity Trekking Toward More Layers

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Botany Bay is a topographic saddle exposing sedimentary rocks that are part of the Burns formation, a geological unit...

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UC Santa Barbara study provides a new framework for understanding the energetics of ionic liquids

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This is a diagram of the surface forces apparatus used to study ionic liquids.

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Hidden Wildfires Taking Big Toll on Amazon Rainforest

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Researchers for the first time mapped the extent and frequency of understory fires across a study area (green)...

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NASA Flights Target How Pollution, Storms and Climate Mix

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Cassini Sees Precursors to Aerosol Haze on Titan

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the night side of Saturn's largest moon and sees sunlight scattering through...

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