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Plants signal NASA satellites with waning 'glow' ahead of flash drought
By Meredith Garofalo published
NASA scientists have discovered signs of an impending flash drought months before the onset by observing the brightness of "glowing" plants from space.
Best binoculars for long distance viewing 2024
By Kimberley Lane published
The best binoculars for long distance viewing have high magnification, quality optics and excel for stargazing or wildlife observation — here are our favorites.
Stars give tiny planets a gravitational 'squeeze' to strip away their atmospheres
By Robert Lea published
Modeling distant planets has revealed that tidal forces generated by their parent stars can combine with intense radiation bombardment and strip away their atmospheres.
Young 'cotton candy' exoplanet the size of Jupiter may be shrinking into a super-Earth
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have found that one of the lightest exoplanets ever seen, the young 'cotton candy' world V1298 Tau b, may be shrinking from the size of Jupiter to the width of a super-Earth.
Black holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects
By Gaurav Khanna published
For years, physicists have been looking to prove that black holes are more complex than they seem. And a newly approved European space mission called LISA will help us with this hunt.
Space mysteries: Do all planets have magnetic fields?
By Conor Feehly published
Space mysteries How do scientists know if a planet has a magnetic field?
On This Day in Space: May 21, 2010: Japan launches 1st solar sail 'Ikaros'
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On May 21, 2010, Japan launched the first successful solar sail Ikaros into space.
Right again, Einstein! Scientists find where matter 'waterfalls' into black holes
By Robert Lea published
Einstein was right! Scientists found the first-ever evidence of "plunging regions" of spacetime where matter inexorably falls into black holes, as predicted by general relativity.
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