Stars don’t start out fully formed. Instead, they begin when clouds of diffuse gas and dust clump together, becoming denser than their surroundings. Gravity does the rest, pulling material inward until a collapsing knot becomes a compact,…
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Earth’s Flipping Magnetic Field Heard as a Sound Is an Unnerving Horror
Earth’s magnetic field dramatically flipped roughly 41,000 years ago. Now you can actually ‘hear’ this epic upheaval, thanks to a clever interpretation of information collected by the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite mission.
Combining the…
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Earth’s Flipping Magnetic Field Heard as a Sound Is an Unnerving Horror : ScienceAlert
Earth’s magnetic field dramatically flipped roughly 41,000 years ago. Now you can actually ‘hear’ this epic upheaval, thanks to a clever interpretation of information collected by the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite mission.
Combining…
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These 15 States Might See Aurora Borealis Friday Night
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Just over a dozen states in the northern U.S. might have an opportunity to see the aurora borealis on Friday, following the influence of a cooler, less dense spot on the sun’s surface, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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What the first medical evacuation from the International Space Station tells us about healthcare in space
For the first time in 25 years of continuous crewed operations, an astronaut has been medically evacuated from the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew-11 mission ended when a SpaceX Dragon capsule brought the four astronauts of Crew…
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New map reveals hidden landscape under Antarctica's ice sheet – Reuters
- New map reveals hidden landscape under Antarctica’s ice sheet Reuters
- Landscape beneath Antarctica’s icy surface revealed in unprecedented detail BBC
- Beneath the ice: Satellites help map Antarctica’s subglacial surface like never before Space
- New…
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After a month of no answer, NASA will try hailing its silent MAVEN Mars orbiter today
After waiting out a planned two-week communication blackout, NASA is set to listen again for a Mars orbiter that abruptly went silent more than a month ago.
The renewed contact attempt for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, or
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Chair Core Exercises After 60: A 6-Minute Routine
Planks aren’t the only way to build a strong core.
If you’re looking to build core strength, we’re here with a little secret: Planks…
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Tapping into new ‘probabilistic computing’ paradigm can make AI chips use much less power, scientists say
Scientists from the U.S. and Japan have used a new type of component in artificial intelligence (AI) chips that uses less energy when performing advanced computations. The new system lets more operations run in parallel, allowing the chip to…
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