Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity. A European spacecraft has captured a luminous mille-feuille of dust enveloping the red planet in unprecedented detail.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2025
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Researchers Mitsuyoshi Kamba, Naoki Hara, and Kiyotaka Aikawa of the University of Tokyo have successfully demonstrated quantum squeezing of the motion of a nanoscale particle, a motion whose uncertainty is smaller than that ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 18, 2025
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In a distant galaxy called Makani, particles of dust were warmed by the light of newborn stars before being flung out into space by a massive starburst-driven wind. Over the course of 100 million years, the dust traveled ...
Astronomy
Sep 3, 2025
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How do living bacteria survive on the surface of dust particles carried by desert storms from the Sahara and Egypt to Israel?
Ecology
Aug 20, 2025
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Physicists have used a machine-learning method to identify surprising new twists on the non-reciprocal forces governing a many-body system.
General Physics
Aug 1, 2025
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Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around the moon, to bright spots called sundogs on either side of the sun in a winter sky, or a rainbowed ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 30, 2025
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Lunar dust is more than a mild irritant or hallmark of an untidy room like dust found on Earth.
Nanomaterials
Jul 22, 2025
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Dust particles thrown up from deserts such as the Sahara and Gobi are playing a previously unknown role in air pollution, a new study has found.
Earth Sciences
Jun 6, 2025
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We typically spend 80% of our time indoors, where the quality of the air we breathe depends on the age and type of building we occupy, as well as indoor pollution and outdoor pollution sources. But also playing an important ...
Environment
May 28, 2025
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Much to the surprise of Sydney-siders, a dusty haze settled over the city on Tuesday morning after a week of heavy rain.
Environment
May 28, 2025
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