Saturn’s tilt caused by its moons, researchers say
Two scientists from CNRS and Sorbonne University working at the Institute of Celestial Mechanics and Ephemeris Calculation (Paris Observatory —
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A ‘super-puff’ planet like no other
The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought necessary to build up the
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2020 tied for warmest year on record, NASA analysis shows
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis
Read moreCOVID-19 reduced U.S. life expectancy, especially among Black and Latino populations: Life expectancy at birth will shorten by more than one year
The COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed more than 336,000 lives in the United States in 2020, has significantly affected life expectancy,
Read moreClimate change has caused billions of dollars in flood damages
In a new study, Stanford researchers report that intensifying precipitation contributed one-third of the financial costs of flooding in the
Read more‘Galaxy-sized’ observatory sees potential hints of gravitational waves
Scientists have used a “galaxy-sized” space observatory to find possible hints of a unique signal from gravitational waves, or the
Read moreMeasurements of pulsar acceleration reveal Milky Way’s dark side
It is well known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to a mysterious dark energy. Within galaxies,
Read moreALMA captures distant colliding galaxy dying out as it loses the ability to form stars
Galaxies begin to “die” when they stop forming stars, but until now astronomers had never clearly glimpsed the start of
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Unravelling the mystery that makes viruses infectious
Researchers have for the first time identified the way viruses like the poliovirus and the common cold virus ‘package up’
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Why crocodiles have changed so little since the age of the dinosaurs
New research by scientists at the University of Bristol explains how a ‘stop-start’ pattern of evolution, governed by environmental change,
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