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Solar eclipses were once extremely terrifying events, experts say

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Solar eclipses were once extremely terrifying events, experts say

Mashable April 11, 2024

When the Aztecs experienced a total solar eclipse, the wailing began. After all, the moon had eclipsed...

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Video: Total solar eclipse seen from space

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Video: Total solar eclipse seen from space

Phys.org April 10, 2024

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A total solar eclipse swept across North America yesterday, blocking out the sun...

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Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica—and melt floating ice shelves from below

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Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica—and melt floating ice shelves from below

Phys.org April 10, 2024

Time series and spatial patterns highlighting the teleconnection between ENSO and West Antarctica. Credit: Geophysical Research Letters...

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Scientists help link climate change to Madagascar’s megadrought

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Scientists help link climate change to Madagascar’s megadrought

Phys.org April 10, 2024

Villagers in southwestern Madagascar collect fresh water from an aquifer near a small lake. Drought has caused...

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Mapping the world’s salted soils: A leap forward in combating land degradation

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Mapping the world’s salted soils: A leap forward in combating land degradation

Phys.org April 10, 2024

Notes: the subfigure shows an example of acidic soil areas defined by the World Reference Base for...

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These solar eclipse 2024 photos from our readers are absolutely amazing

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These solar eclipse 2024 photos from our readers are absolutely amazing

Space.com April 10, 2024

On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse swept through the skies over North America, delighting and...

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We finally know why NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft stopped communicating — scientists are working on a fix

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We finally know why NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft stopped communicating — scientists are working on a fix

Space.com April 10, 2024

NASA engineers have discovered the cause of a communications breakdown between Earth and the interstellar explorer Voyager...

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Thousands of hidden meteorites could be lost forever as they sink in Antarctic ice, taking their cosmic secrets with them

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Thousands of hidden meteorites could be lost forever as they sink in Antarctic ice, taking their cosmic secrets with them

Space.com April 10, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of pristine meteorites are currently littered across, or just below, Antarctica’s icy surface. But...

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Nukes in space: A bad idea in the 1960s, an even worse one now

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Nukes in space: A bad idea in the 1960s, an even worse one now

Phys.org April 10, 2024

Photograph taken from Honolulu of the aurora created by Starfish Prime. Credit: US government archive The US...

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Study presents evidence that recent reductions in aerosol emissions create an additional warming effect

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Study presents evidence that recent reductions in aerosol emissions create an additional warming effect

Phys.org April 10, 2024

Satellite observations (CERES) vs. three different model simulations showing contributions to the 2001–2019 trend in Earth’s energy...

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