As Temperatures Increase, Forests are Having More Trouble Soaking up Carbon
A new study by an international team from over 100 universities and organizations has shown that tropical rainforests will not…
Greenland and Antarctica are Losing Their Ice 6 Times Faster than in the 1990s
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Five Space and Astronomy Activities to do at Home During the Coronavirus Outbreak
We’re in uncharted territory as the world faces the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While the medical community is on the front…
A Star Has Been Found That Pulsates, But Only on One Side
An international team of astronomers have found the first-ever example of a pulsating star that emits energy from only one…
Your Umbrella is Insufficient on a Planet Where it Rains Iron
Imagine a planet where it rained iron. Sounds impossible. But on one distant exoplanet, which is tidally locked to its…
Slime Mold Grows the Same as the Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Matter in the Universe is not distributed equally. It's dominated by super-clusters and the filaments of matter that string them…
Over a Hundred New Large Objects Found in the Kuiper Belt
Hey Pluto, Sedna, Haumea, Makemake Et al.: You’ve got company! While searching for distant galaxies and supernovae, the Dark Energy…
Astronomers Spot Rare Brown Dwarf Pair
Sometimes, the strangest stellar finds are right in our own cosmic neighborhood. Astronomers recently made an interesting discovery while putting…
Gas and Dust Stop Planets From Eating Their Moons
A team of Japanese researchers have created a new model for moon formation that explains how planets like Saturn end…
India’s Chandrayaan 2 is Creating the Highest Resolution Map We Have of the Moon
ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is quantifying just how much water ice exists on the Moon’s poles.