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Origins of Earth’s weird ‘pulsating auroras’ nailed down

Japan’s Arase spacecraft (previously called ERG) observed chorus waves and spread electrons in Earth’s magnetosphere,…

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Magnetic ‘cages’ on the Sun could limit the strength of dangerous solar flares

Major eruption ofOct 24, 2014, observed by the AIA instrument of the NASA Solar Dynamics…

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New tech could help astronomers see planets around Alpha Centauri

Our brilliant surrounding galaxy, Alpha Centauri, could harbor an Earth- size world– however new dives…

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Supersize stars may be more common than previously thought

The Tarantula Nebula, situated about 180,000 light-years from Earth in the surrounding galaxy called the…

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As the world turns: Life could speed up a planet’s spin

The length of Earth’s day is decreasing at a glacial rate of 1.8 milliseconds every…

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Despite deadly rays, pulsars could host habitable planets

[ad_1] Artistic impression of a habitable world (center) near a pulsar (right). Such a world…

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