Science

Can rain trigger a volcanic eruption

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Kilauea eruption 2018.

NASA’s Webb Telescope to Unravel Riddles of a Stellar Nursery

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This color-composite mosaic of the central part of the Orion Nebula is based on 81 images from the...

Spins Point to How Black Hole Binaries Formed

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The Hanford (top) and Livingston (bottom) LIGO facilities, which work together to detect gravitational-wave signals.

Sun Is Less Magnetically Active Than Similar Stars

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Not very active: comparison of the brightness variations of the Sun with those of a typical Sun-like star.

NASA Scientists Tapped to Mature More Rugged Seismometer System to Measure Moonquakes

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A next-generation seismometer could be deployed autonomously, unlike the systems deployed in the past. In this photo, Apollo 12...

Newly Discovered Exoplanet Dethrones Former King Of Kepler-88 Planetary System

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An artist’s illustration of the Kepler-88 planetary system.

New Insight Into Parker Solar Probe's Early Observations

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Realignment of open and closed magnetic field lines on the Sun, called...

Hubble Captures Breakup of Comet ATLAS

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Hubble Captures Breakup of Comet ATLAS