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‘Flying’ Spiders Are No Big Deal, and Starlink Satellites Are Not So Great for the Ozone Layer
Scientific American· 7 days agoThis story starts just under 40 years ago, when scientists realized there was a big ol’ hole in the...
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Quartz· 7 days agoA new study from the University of Southern California published last week found that SpaceX’s Starlink satellites could be depleting the Earth’s ozone ...
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Quartz· 5 days agoOn Friday, Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years. Intense solar activity sent bursts of radiation toward Earth, causing fluctuations in the upper atmosphere that led to ...
Satellites can help detect early warning signs weeks before earthquakes
TechSpot· 6 days agoIn a nutshell: In the aftermath of the devastating Turkey-Syria quake in February 2023, a researcher...
Megaconstellations of satellites are burning up in our atmosphere. That could have consequences
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIf, on a clear night, you were to gaze up into the blackness of the sky, you would expect to see...
Strange structures discovered in the Pacific could change our understanding of Earth
MSN News· 20 hours agoScientists believe they’ve found a window into the dawn of time on Earth, and it’s hidden beneath...
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is different from what an Italian astronomer observed in 1665
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJupiter’s striking Great Red Spot has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, they think they know just...
ESA Satellites Detect Mysterious Gamma-Ray Burst in Nearby Galaxy
SciTechDaily· 7 days agoAn international team, with the assistance of ESA satellites, and including researchers from UNIGE, has detected a massive eruption emanating from a magnetar, an extremely magnetic neutron star ...
Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs
SPACE.com· 6 days agoStars do not survive forever, the sun included. In about five billion years, Earth's star will begin...
Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoStellar death need not be the end for orbiting planets, which could see their ice melt as they move...