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New era of discovery with ALMA inauguration

Revolutionary telescope will enable unprecedented views of the cosmos.

Michael Young on water resources in Texas

Severe drought in 2011 and 2012 raises questions about the present and future water resources of Texas.

Bursts of star formation in the early universe

Galaxies have been experiencing vigorous bursts of star formation from much earlier in cosmic history than previously thought, according to new observations.

New way to store heat from the sun

Paraffin encapsulated in beach sand material can be used as a new way to store heat from the sun.

As seen by NASA SDO, two transits across sun’s face in same day

On March 11, Earth passed in front of the sun as seen from the orbiting observatory. Then the moon passed in front of the sun, later that same day. Cool photos here.

Extremely rare triple quasar found

For only the second time in history, a team of scientists have discovered an extremely rare triple quasar system.

Amplified greenhouse effect shifts northern latitude growing seasons

Vegetation growth at Earth's northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a study based on a 30-year record of land surface and newly improved satellite data sets.

The closest star system found in a century

A pair of newly discovered stars is the third-closest star system to the Sun and the closest star system discovered since 1916.

Earth is warmer today than during 70 – 80 percent of the past 11,300 years

Reconstruction of Earth history shows significance of temperature rise.

New fish species described from the streams of Manyas Lake basin

The newly described species Alburnoides manyasensis, belongs the large carp family Cyprinidae and is widely distributed in Turkey in rivers and streams of basins of the Marmara, Black and Aegean seas.

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