WorldPingThe Roman telescope is NASA’s newest space observatory.
Every 10 months, it will get the equivalent of about 1000 years' worth of Hubble observations.
Will it find the answers to our questions about dark matter and dark energy?
Research findings and mission results set the evidence base that policy, funding and later discoveries build on.
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Impossibly fast-moving stars are revealing the Milky Way’s mysterious heart
Columbus' own writings reveal how tightly religion and conquest were intertwined from the start
Striking new images of unique supernova remnant reveal pearl-like chains
The telescope that could reveal what dark matter and dark energy are
Shooting light pulses down a 3-kilometer borehole could illuminate seismic hazards
Endangered Lantau toads show genetic and call differences that could signal an emerging species
El Niño and tropical Atlantic warming could offer early warning of extreme heat in the Amazon
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WorldPingEl Niño and warming in the tropical Atlantic could help provide advance warning of extreme heat in the Amazon, with some signals appearing as much as seven months earlier, new research has found.
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WorldPingThe short-legged horned toad (Boulenophrys brachykolos), listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, is the only known small frog species in Hong Kong belonging to the genus Boulen…
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WorldPingA better understanding of how earthquakes occur and what happens during a rupture is important for assessing seismic risk.
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WorldPingThe only known supernova remnant of its kind in the Milky Way has an unexpectedly intricate structure: chains of gas knots resembling pearls on a string, each wide enough to fit the solar system multiple times.
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WorldPingFew historical figures are as divisive as Christopher Columbus. For some, in both Spain and the United States, he remains a great hero, an explorer who found a "new world.
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WorldPingNear the centre of the Milky Way, a swarm of stars hurtles around a supermassive black hole at extraordinary speeds.Studying them could be the key to understanding our galaxy…
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