Photographing the Northern Lights in Iceland
Find out how photographer Steven Spence chased the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights in Iceland and got some fantastic photos.
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All about the Aurora
A roundup of articles all about the amazing Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights. Find out what causes them and where to see them.
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Debunking the aurora myth: What causes an aurora?
Why do we see aurora at night? Considering only the solar wind is not enough to understand auroras. We need to explore also other factors.
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Citizen Scientists Find Exoplanets with NASA’s TESS Spacecraft
The space agency is asking citizen scientists to help hunt exoplanets in the vast trove of images gathered by TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.
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Elements, Heavy Metal, and the Death of Stars
Part Three of Baking an Apple Pie from Scratch (figuratively) explains how stars create heavy elements with more Protons than Iron.
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Forged in the Hearts of Stars
Steven Spence, Part Two of Baking an Apple Pie from Scratch (figuratively). Let’s contemplate the early universe and the elements forged in the hearts of stars.
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Neutrons, the Early Universe, and Apple Pie
Steven Spence contemplates neurons, the early universe, and the origins of the ingredients for the quark-gluon plasma soup, and apple pie.
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Citizen Scientists Have Found Dozens of Brown Dwarfs Near Earth
Volunteers scanning the night sky for elusive hints of Planet Nine are uncovering the secrets of a strange class of stars called brown dwarfs.
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What to Read: Asteroid Hunters
On any given day, about 90,000 kilograms of dust and small rocks hit the Earth. What happens when something larger is on a collision course with Earth?
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Get to Know a Scientist: Astrophysicist Dr. Melinda Soares-Furtado
An astrophysicist studies stars, planets, and other things in space. Introducing Dr. Melinda Soares-Furtado, who tells us about her career.
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