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Alfvén waves, first proposed 80 years ago, could explain why the sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface.
This Wednesday night, everywhere in Australia will have a box seat for a spectacular total eclipse of the Moon.
In the early morning of May 26, 2021, there will be a super blood-red lunar eclipse. The show will be spectacular and can all be explained by the orbits of the Earth and Moon.
Scientists are working on ways to make lots of energy by converting matter into energy. The trick is keeping the process under control. One possibility is nuclear fusion – the Sun’s power source.
Astronomers just measured the largest flare ever from Proxima Centauri, humanity’s closest neighboring star. These flares could be bad news for life trying to develop on a planet orbiting the star.
Sea level is still rising, and when that lunar cycle starts upward again, it will mean double trouble for places like Miami.
Satellites, space stations and astronauts, aviation, GPS, power grids and more can be affected.
The presence of water on the Earth’s surface is the result of a subtle balance between different mechanisms in the atmosphere and below the surface.
The scariest beast in the universe has an insatiable appetite and shreds its victims.
The pattern of autumn sea ice growth has been completely disrupted. The director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center explains what’s happening.
The Earth’s magnetic field was most likely weaker when life evolved on our planet than it is today.
Last week, much of the Midwest and eastern US experienced hazy skies and red sunsets. The cause was smoke transported from the Western US by the jet stream and spread as far as Boston and even Europe.
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert…
If you could go right into the middle of the Sun, everything would be incredibly bright - and perhaps a little bit pink.
In the search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, scientists may have uncovered another explanation for the patterns in the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects.
From the Moon’s size to the first calculator, the ancients made some jawdropping discoveries without modern technology.
Astronomy and astrology do not agree on the dates of the zodiac constellations.
Solar activity is sometimes blamed for climate change but the data suggests otherwise.
On December 26 a solar eclipse will be visible from northern Australia, southern Asia and parts of the Middle East.
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor, RMIT University
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Director of the Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University
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Teaching Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State
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Reader in Physical Sciences, Aberystwyth University
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Professor of Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics, Athabasca University
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Researcher in Astrophysics, Smithsonian Institution
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor (Physics), University of Southern Queensland
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Professor of Physics, UCL
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Chief Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council