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Astronomers Use Spacecraft, Distant Star to Study Neptunes Largest Moon

2018-03-07 15:20:49| Extremetech

Thanks to the Gaia spacecraft, researchers managed to capture a "central flash" from Triton, carrying important hints about conditions on the moon. The post Astronomers Use Spacecraft, Distant Star to Study Neptune’s Largest Moon appeared first on ExtremeTech.

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Best-Ever Image of Distant Star Shows Puzzling Vigorous Currents

2017-08-28 13:30:40| Extremetech

An international team of scientists has acquired an incredibly detailed image of the star -- it's the best image ever of a star outside our solar system. The post Best-Ever Image of Distant Star Shows Puzzling ‘Vigorous’ Currents appeared first on ExtremeTech.

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Amazon basin deforestation could disrupt distant rainforest by remote climate connection

2017-06-26 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] The ongoing deforestation around the fringes of the Amazon may have serious consequences for the untouched deeper parts of the rainforest. A new research study shows that it is not only the climate that is adversely affected by deforestation. In fact, the very stability of the ecosystem in the entire Amazon region is altered when deforestation takes place in the outermost regions. It was previously known that, in the long term, the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has a …

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Large forest die-offs can have effects that ricochet to distant ecosystems

2016-11-16 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Major forest die-offs due to drought, heat and beetle infestations or deforestation could have consequences far beyond the local landscape. Wiping out an entire forest can have significant effects on global climate patterns and alter vegetation on the other side of the world, according to a study led by the University of Washington and published Nov. 16 in PLOS ONE. “When trees die in one place, it can be good or bad for plants elsewhere, bec…

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Study of distant Iris Nebula yields clues to the origin of life on Earth

2016-08-18 20:30:27| Extremetech

Readings from the Iris Nebula could reveal where Earth got the complex molecules needed to start life all those millennia ago.

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