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04/21/2022

'Goldilocks' stars may pose challenges for any nearby habitable planets

Apr 20 2022 11:00 AM

Orange dwarfs emit far-ultraviolet light long after birth, stressing the atmospheres of potentially life-bearing worlds.

U.S. planetary scientists want to explore Uranus and Enceladus next

Apr 20 2022 9:14 AM

A report on recommendations for the next 10 years of U.S. planetary science prioritizes sending an orbiter to Uranus and an "orbilander" to Enceladus.

Europa may have much more shallow liquid water than scientists thought

Apr 19 2022 11:00 AM

Mysterious pairs of ridges scar Jupiter's moon Europa. Analyzing a similar set in Greenland suggests shallow water is behind the features' formation.

These flowers lure pollinators to their deaths. There's a new twist on how

Apr 19 2022 9:00 AM

Some jack-in-the-pulpit plants may use sex to lure pollinators. That's confusing for male fungus gnats — and deadly.

Here's how NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has spent 1 year on Mars

Apr 19 2022 7:00 AM

The first flying robot on the Red Planet arrived as a technology demonstration. It's now a trusty scout for its rover partner, Perseverance.

A new nuclear imaging prototype detects tumors' faint glow

Apr 18 2022 10:00 AM

Nuclear imaging that relies on Cerenkov light could supplement standard-of-care technology for identifying location of tumors.

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Crumbling planets might trigger repeating fast radio bursts

Apr 18 2022 7:00 AM

Mysterious blasts of cosmic radio waves might be due to planets sweeping extremely close to their host neutron stars.

Most bats don't echolocate in broad daylight. Here's an exception

Apr 15 2022 7:00 AM

Egyptian fruit bats in Tel Aviv regularly navigate by sound during midday hours to avoid obstacles and forage, despite their excellent vision.

Coastal cities around the globe are sinking

Apr 14 2022 9:00 AM

Of 99 coastal cities, nearly one-third are sinking in some places at more than a centimeter per year, making them more vulnerable to rising seas.

A newly discovered planet renews debate about how some giant worlds form

Apr 14 2022 6:00 AM

An implosion of gas may have given birth to this young exoplanet, which orbits too far from its star to have been built up bit by bit, researchers say.

This hieroglyph is the oldest known record of the Maya calendar

Apr 13 2022 2:00 PM

Plaster fragments with the markings date to at least 200 B.C. and indicate that the calendar system, still used today, might be centuries older.

This is the biggest known comet in our solar system

Apr 13 2022 1:54 PM

The nucleus of comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is about 120 kilometers across — about twice the width of Rhode Island — and is darker than coal.

How ancient, recurring climate changes may have shaped human evolution

Apr 13 2022 11:00 AM

Climate changes drove where Homo species lived over the last 2 million years, with a disputed ancestor giving rise to H. sapiens, a new study claims.

More than 57 billion tons of soil have eroded in the U.S. Midwest

Apr 12 2022 11:00 AM

Researchers discovered startling soil erosion rates in the Midwest. Farming has worsened erosion, but no-till practices and cover crops can help.

'Paradise Falls' thrusts readers into the Love Canal disaster

Apr 12 2022 9:00 AM

'Paradise Falls' tells the story of the Love Canal environmental tragedy from the point of view of the people who lived near the former dump site.

Ukrainian identity solidified for 30 years. Putin ignored the science

Apr 12 2022 7:00 AM

Social scientists have mapped Ukrainian allegiances shifting from Russia toward Ukraine since the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

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