Startling – Elevated Levels of Arsenic Found in Nevada’s Private Wells
Numerous residential wells need improved drinking water treatment and monitoring, according to the study. Private wells are the main source of drinking water for 182,000…
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Gravitational King of Kepler-88 Planetary System Dethroned by Newly Discovered Exoplanet
Hawaii astronomer discovers massive extrasolar planet with Maunakea telescope. Our solar system has a king. The planet Jupiter, named for the most powerful god in…
Scientists Discover New Pathway to Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space
Unique experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source shine a light on a new pathway for carbon chemistry to evolve in space. A team of…
Phytoplankton Bloom off Hawaii Island Fueled by Kilauea Lava
When Kīlauea Volcano erupted in 2018, it injected millions of cubic feet of molten lava into the nutrient-poor waters off Hawaiʻi Island. The lava-impacted seawater…
Astronomers Discover a Distant Solar System Object – 2015 TG387
Astronomers have discovered a new object at the edge of our solar system. The new extremely distant object far beyond Pluto has an orbit that…
Astronomers Unravel Long-Standing Cosmic Mystery
Astronomers and physicists around the world, including in Hawaii, have begun to unravel a long-standing cosmic mystery. Using a vast array of telescopes in space…
Distortion of Space-Time Helps Astronomers Set New Magnification Record
Extremely distant galaxies are usually too faint to be seen, even by the largest telescopes. But nature has a solution: gravitational lensing, predicted by Albert…
Astronomers Map Galaxy Orbits in the Local Supercluster
A team of astronomers from Maryland, Hawaii, Israel, and France has produced the most detailed map ever of the orbits of galaxies in our extended…
Robotic Telescope Reveals Three Super-Earths Orbiting HD 7924
Using a telescope that robotically searches for planets on clear nights, astronomers have discovered three super-Earth mass planets orbiting HD 7924. A team of astronomers…
2014 – The Highest Global Mean Sea Surface Temperatures Ever Recorded
New data reveal the highest global mean sea surface temperatures ever recorded, indicating that the 14-year-long pause in ocean warming has come to an end….
Interplanetary Dust Particles Can Deliver Water and Organics to Terrestrial Planets
New research shows that interplanetary dust particles from comets, asteroids, and leftover debris from the birth of the solar system, could have helped jump-start life…
Researchers Believe Molecular Hydrogen Has Role in Formation and Evolution of Sunspots
Researchers used the Facility Infrared Spectropolarimeter (FIRS) at the National Solar Observatory’s Dunn Solar Telescope to analyze sunspot emergence and cooling. Their research leads them…
Researchers Report That Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Have Raised Ocean Acidity
A team of researchers comprised of climate modelers, marine conservationists, ocean chemists, biologists, and ecologists published their recent research into ocean acidity in the January…