How fast is daytime growing? Guy Ottewell explains
How fast is daytime growing? A table in this post shows differences in the time of sunrise as we approach the March equinox.
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The Beehive cluster: A swarm of 1,000 stars
The Beehive cluster is an open star cluster that lies near the center of the constellation Cancer the Crab. It goes by many names, including Praesepe and M44.
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Ancient lake on Titan could have lasted thousands of years
Researchers at MIT say that a former liquid water lake on Titan – Saturn’s large moon – might have existed for tens of thousands of years.
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Tau Boötisâ pole flip was 15 years ago
On March 13, 2008, astronomers published the first study showing Tau Boötis experienced a pole flip. That’s something we had previously only seen on the sun.
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Exploring Mars caves, leaving âbreadcrumbsâ
Researchers have developed a “breadcrumb” system that small autonomous robot rovers might use in exploring Mars caves and lava tubes.
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A planet that could end life on Earth? Donât worry, itâs just an experiment
An experiment from the University of California-Riverside showed that a terrestrial planet between Mars and Jupiter could end life on Earth.
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The creeping threat of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Seaweed has been having a moment. Eco-influencers and columnists rave about its benefits, in everything from beauty products to biofuels. Jamie Oliver has embraced it as a recipe ingredient; Victoria Beckham uses it to keep off the pounds. And they’re…
And on drums… Earth! Musicians to credit planet as collaborator to raise funds for activism
Musicians including Brian Eno are to name the Earth as a co-writer of their music, in order to divert a portion of their royalties towards environmental activism. Described as “a poetic construct … a beautiful idea” by Eno, the likes…
Author of ‘Rainbow Bridge’ Poem About an Animal Heaven was Finally Revealed–She Had No Idea it Went Viral
Around the US and UK, dozens of animal hospitals have a catch-all when it comes to grieving pet parents who have lost a furry friend: they give them the poem Rainbow Bridge. Yet this poem that has touched millions of peoples’ hearts has remained largely authorless for years until the sleuth work of an art […]
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59 new exoplanets discovered around nearby stars
Astronomers have discovered 59 new exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars. Twelve are potentially habitable. They all lie within 65 light-years of our sun.
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