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- Hiding in plain sight: Vast reef found hiding behind Great Barrier Reef
- Scientists discover a ‘dark’ milky way
- More to rainbows than meets the eye
- X-raying the Earth with waves from stormy weather 'bombs'
Hiding in plain sight: Vast reef found hiding behind Great Barrier Reef Posted: 26 Aug 2016 07:48 AM PDT Scientists working with laser data have discovered a vast reef behind the familiar Great Barrier Reef. High-resolution seafloor data provided by LiDAR-equipped aircraft have revealed great fields of unusual donut-shaped circular mounds, each 200-300 meters across and up to 10 meters deep at the center. |
Scientists discover a ‘dark’ milky way Posted: 26 Aug 2016 05:42 AM PDT Using the world's most powerful telescopes, an international team of astronomers has found a massive galaxy that consists almost entirely of dark matter. |
More to rainbows than meets the eye Posted: 25 Aug 2016 06:43 PM PDT In-depth review charts the scientific understanding of rainbows and highlights the many practical applications of this fascinating interaction between light, liquid and gas. |
X-raying the Earth with waves from stormy weather 'bombs' Posted: 25 Aug 2016 12:16 PM PDT Using a detection network based in Japan, scientists have uncovered a rare type of deep-earth tremor that they attribute to a distant North Atlantic storm called a 'weather bomb.' The discovery marks the first time scientists have observed this particular tremor, known as an S wave microseism. |
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