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    New experiments reveal the source of the aurora borealis
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 2

    New experiments reveal the source of the aurora borealis

    Researchers have demonstrated Alfvén waves accelerating electrons under conditions that correspond to Earth’s magnetosphere.
    Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 30

    Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water

    Hydrogen and oxygen escaping from Earth’s upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water.
    Harvesting water from the air, 24 hours a day, with no energy input
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 23, 2021

    Harvesting water from the air, 24 hours a day, with no energy input

    Communities near the ocean can desalinate sea water for this purpose, but doing so requires a large amount of energy.
    Researchers produce clean drinking water from air in polluted cities
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 13, 2021

    Researchers produce clean drinking water from air in polluted cities

    In a first-of-its-kind study conducted at Tel Aviv University, researchers found that water generated from the air in the heart of a city.
    NASA's Juno offers first 3D view of Jupiter's atmosphere
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 30, 2021

    NASA's Juno offers first 3D view of Jupiter's atmosphere

    New findings from NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet's distinctive and colorful cloud processes.
    Scientists measure the atmosphere of a planet 340 light-years away
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 28, 2021

    Scientists measure the atmosphere of a planet 340 light-years away

    Researchers from Chile directly measure the amount of both water and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of a planet in another solar system.
    How asteroid, comet strikes may have delayed evolution of Earth's atmosphere
    Joshua Shavit
    • Oct 25, 2021

    How asteroid, comet strikes may have delayed evolution of Earth's atmosphere

    2.5 to 4 billion years ago, a time known as the Archean eon, Earth’s weather could often be described as cloudy with a chance of asteroids.
    How would nuclear war impact global climate change and food supplies?
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 21, 2021

    How would nuclear war impact global climate change and food supplies?

    Nuclear war would cause many immediate fatalities, but smoke from the resulting fires would also cause climate change lasting up to 15 years
    An unexplored region of the atmosphere could help predict climate change
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 25, 2021

    An unexplored region of the atmosphere could help predict climate change

    The materials swirling around in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere (UTLS) powerfully influence the climate we experience on Earth.
    Scientists discover the reason why Mars has no liquid water on its surface today
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 21, 2021

    Scientists discover the reason why Mars has no liquid water on its surface today

    Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
    We now know what caused the cooling during the age of the dinosaurs
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 16, 2021

    We now know what caused the cooling during the age of the dinosaurs

    Exciting new research has revealed that a drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide caused a dramatic cooling 133 million years ago
    New mathematical innovation helps identify distant planet atmospheres
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 7, 2021

    New mathematical innovation helps identify distant planet atmospheres

    The rise and fall of sunlight reflected off the Moon, as it presents its different faces to us, is known as a "phase curve"
    Planetary scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on the moon
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 23, 2021

    Planetary scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on the moon

    Tiny iron nanoparticles unlike any found naturally on Earth are nearly everywhere on the moon—and scientists are trying to understand why.

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