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A star is born! How cosmic winds are a key step in stellar formation

Submit on Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 01:11

Astronomers have determined that cosmic winds around clouds of gas and dust are key for the formation of hot and dense young stars.

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How astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured the planet in ‘The Earth in Our Hands’

Submit on Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 00:11

Flipping through his new book of more than 200 photos of Earth taken during his second stay on the International Space Station, you get the sense Thomas Pesquet thoroughly captured the planet.

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Gulf Stream weakening now 99% certain, and ramifications will be global

Submit on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 23:11

A new analysis has concluded that the Gulf Stream is definitely slowing, but whether it’s due to climate change is hard to tell.

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Nearby asteroid may contain elements ‘beyond the periodic table’, new study suggests

Submit on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 22:11

Naturally occurring superheavy elements beyond those listed in the periodic table could potentially explain why asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense, new research suggests.

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Don’t miss a partial lunar eclipse of October’s Full Hunter’s Moon this week

Submit on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 21:11

October 2023’s Full Hunter’s Moon will see the lunar disk slip into the shadow of Earth for a partial lunar eclipse on Saturday, Oct. 28

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What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind Nobel Prize-winning research

Submit on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 20:11

A group of three researchers earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for work that has revolutionized how scientists study the electron – by illuminating molecules with attosecond-long flashes of light.

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The moon may be 40 million years older than we thought, Apollo 17 samples suggest

Submit on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 19:11

A new analysis of moon samples brought to Earth in 1972 reveals the moon is 4.46 billion years old.

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‘Sew Sister’ Jean Wright shares her NASA space shuttle experience with new book

Submit on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 17:11

Jean Wright used to sew critical hardware for NASA’s space shuttle program. A new book by Elise Matich celebrates the “Sew Sister” team that brought astronauts into space.

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