Sea level is still rising, and when that lunar cycle starts upward again, it will mean double trouble for places like Miami.
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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.
Many people are still upset that Pluto was demoted from being a planet. But definitions of various celestial objects are fairly fluid. So whether it is an asteroid or moon or planet is up for debate.
The Parker Solar Probe makes it closest-ever approach to the sun.
Solar cells make electricity directly from sunlight, but how do they do it?
Beyond the outer edge of the Solar System, mysterious, unknown worlds await by the thousands. Astronomers can now finally find them and explore them - but will we find another Earth?
Kepler-452b is sometimes called ‘Earth 2.0’, but there’s a lot we still don’t know about it.
In Asian countries, many people wield umbrellas to protect them from the sun. American women used to as well – but then stopped.
Principales colaboradores
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Director of the Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor, RMIT University
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Teaching Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State
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Reader in Physical Sciences, Aberystwyth University
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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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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Head, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences; Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Dermatology, The University of Queensland
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Chief Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council
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Professor of Physics, UCL
