Superflares found on Sun-like stars

SUPER STORMS: Scientists have found superflares more than 1 million times more powerful than flares generated by the Sun occurring on other stars.

11 hours ago from ABC Science

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1,000 years of climate data confirms Australia's warming

In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region over the past 1,000 years.

19 hours ago from Phys.org

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NASA survey counts potentially hazardous asteroids

(Phys.org) -- Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids. The ...

21 hours ago from Phys.org

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Herschel reveals galaxy-packed filament

A McGill-led research team using the Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies ...

12 hours ago from Phys.org

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Geoengineering: Implicit promises

FOR the past few years, a European collaboration called IMPLICC (Implications and Risks of Novel Options to Limit Climate Change) has been looking at what it might mean to engineer the climate, ...

18 hours ago from The Economist

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NASA lends ultraviolet space telescope to Caltech

(Phys.org) -- Caltech has taken over operation from NASA of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), a space telescope that for the last nine years has been surveying the cosmos in ultraviolet ...

21 hours ago from Phys.org

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Mystery of beachgoer's flaming rocks remains unsolved

Tests turn up 'phosphorous substance' on stones that ignited in an O.C. woman's pocket, but experts are stumped about the science.What could possibly cause rocks picked up at a popular state ...

3 hours ago from L.A. Times

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How to send a letter to the International Space Station

Astronaut Donald Pettit has come up with a "space zip code" for sending letters beyond Earth's atmosphere

22 hours ago from Newscientist

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Japan launches S Korea satellite

Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.

5 hours ago from BBC News

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