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Europe’s largest spaceship reaches its orbital port

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Warm Ocean Causing Most Antarctic Ice Shelf Mass Loss

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This photo shows the ice front of Venable Ice Shelf, West Antarctica, in October 2008. It is an example of a small-...

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Mars Water-Ice Clouds Are Key to Odd Thermal Rhythm

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This graphic depicts the Mars Climate Sounder instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter measuring the...

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M31: Black Hole Bonanza Turns up in Galaxy Next Door

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  • Twenty-six black hole candidates have been identified in Andromeda, aka M31, adding to 9 previously found.
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New quantum dot technique combines best of optical and electron microscopy

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Much like in an old tube television where a beam of electrons moves over a phosphor screen to create images, the new microscopy technique...

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An ultrasensitive molybdenum-based image sensor: New material can result in 5 times more sensitive cameras

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This prototype is the first ever molybdenum based image sensor, 5 times more sensitive than current silicium-based technology.

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Exposure to Air Transforms Gold Alloys Into Catalytic Nanostructures: Brookhaven Lab scientists create promising gold-indium oxide nanoparticles through room-temperature oxidation

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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of the gold-indium alloy nanoparticles at room temperature. (A) shows an overview of...

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Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic?

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Permafrost zones occupy nearly a quarter of the exposed land area of the Northern Hemisphere. NASA's Carbon in...

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