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The East African Rift System (EARS) is one of the most impressive geologic features on the planet—not to mention one of the most volcanically active and geothermally rich.
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Understanding what drives EARS…
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Scientists Found a Hidden Force Beneath Africa That Could Split the Continent in Two
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Frozen ocean world discovered between Mars and Jupiter
Astronomers have long been intrigued by the makeup of the asteroid belt’s largest body. When it was first spotted in 1801, Ceres appeared dry and rocky, its surface marked by craters and dents. For years, that view held strong. Most believed…
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New Falcon 9 booster to make second attempt at debut on Starlink delivery mission – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of the Starlink 12-15 mission. The first stage booster, tail number 1095, will make its debut on this mission. Image: Adam… Continue Reading
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Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light’s ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far from Earth. My wife, Cristina, walked up just as the first space photo streamed to my tablet. It sparkled on the…
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A sinking of the oceanic crust could have caused the sea level to drop by 30 meters.
The geological narrative of our planet often unfolds through dramatic events that reshape Earth’s landscapes. Among these, a significant episode of oceanic crust modification that occurred between 15 and 6 million years ago deserves…
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Humpback Whales May Not See Their Most Dangerous Threats
Run-ins with humans are the leading cause of death for humpback whales — and new research may explain why these gentle giants are so vulnerable to collisions with boats and entanglement in fishing nets.
The softball-size eyes of humpbacks offer…
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Unidentified Bacterial Strain Discovered Inside China’s Space Station
In October 2022, China launched the final module of its orbiting space station. Since then, it hasn’t just been astronauts aboard Tiangong—an unusual and previously unknown microbe has also been…
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NASA names geomagnetic storm for 1st time, honoring a space weather scientist who died suddenly in 2024
The powerful geomagnetic storm that sparked beautiful auroras across the world in May of 2024 was the first to receive a name — and its namesake is a space weather scientist who NASA scientists say was a champion in the field, and who passed…
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Earth may already be too hot for the survival of polar ice sheets – The Washington Post
- Earth may already be too hot for the survival of polar ice sheets The Washington Post
- Warming of +1.5 °C is too high for polar ice sheets – Communications Earth & Environment Nature
- The world’s ice sheets just got a dire prognosis, and…
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NASA: Asteroid the size of 12.5 gorillas to pass Earth Wednesday
An asteroid the size of 12 and a half fully grown gorillas is set to pass the Earth on Wednesday, May 21, in a very close flyby, according to NASA’s asteroid tracker.
The asteroid in question was discovered only this year and has been…
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