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How airplanes counteract St. Elmo’s fire during thunderstorms

On the ground, windy conditions strengthen these electrical flashes, but new experiments tell a different story for flying objects.

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Carmen Guerra-Garcia, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, is the lead author of a new study analyzing the effect of wind on underground corona discharges.

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Scientists Suggest Stellar "Sneeze" as Reason for Betelgeuse's Massive Dimming in Early 2020 and Say It May Be Dimming Again, Roughly 400 Days Early

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Scientists Suggest Stellar "Sneeze" as Reason for Betelgeuse's Massive Dimming in Early 2020 and Say It May Be Dimming Again, Roughly 400 Days Early

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Global Methane Emissions Soaring, But How Much Was Due to Wetlands?

A Q&A with Berkeley Lab scientist William Riley on the challenges in estimating methane emissions from wetlands and how nuanced computer models may help

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Infographic published with permission from the authors of “Increasing anthropogenic methane emissions arise equally from agricultural and fossil fuel sources.”

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ALMA sees most distant Milky Way look-alike

Galaxy is distorted, appearing as a ring of light in the sky

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Lensed view of SPT0418-47

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NASA’s Planet Hunter Completes Its Primary Mission

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Illustration of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) at work.

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Mauritius oil spill

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Mauritius oil spill

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Laser Beams Reflected Between Earth and Moon Boost Science

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Artist's rendering of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Mystery Solved: Bright Areas on Ceres Come From Salty Water Below

Data from NASA's recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically active?

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Images of Occator Crater, seen in false-color, were pieced together to create this animated view.

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International Physicists Join Forces in Hunt for Sterile Neutrinos

The MINOS+ and Daya Bay neutrino experiments combine results to produce the most stringent test yet for the existence of sterile neutrinos

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These four Daya Bay detectors are submerged in a pool of ultrapure water that helps to shield against naturally occurring radiation.

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Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques Employed for New Gamma-ray Detector

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Postbaccalaureate researcher Isabella Brewer is a member of the team creating a next-generation gamma-ray detector called AstroPix.