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The south pole of Jupiter is seen from an altitude of 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers) in this enhanced color mosaic of images from NASA's JunoCam. Cyclones up to 600 miles wide (1,000 km) are visible. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles SCOTT BOLTON - 3

Jupiter, Revealed: Israeli Scientists Peer Beneath the Cloud Cover of Our Solar System's Largest Planet

15.06.2017
Astrophysics, Planetary Science
Weizmann Institute scientists are leading one of the main experiments on NASA’s Juno space mission, aimed at learning how deep the planet's jet...
cold atomic beam experiment

How to Reduce Shockwaves in Molecular Beam Experiments

07.06.2017
Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Planetary Science, Quantum Physics
Aerospace engineering provided the answer
Physicists

Neutral Particles Pack Heat

03.04.2017
Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics
Proving a 20-year-old theory, scientists show that imaginary particles carry the same energy as real ones
stopwatch 0000

Solving the Quantum Time Problem

20.03.2017
Space & Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology
New theoretical research yields surprising conclusions about quantum systems  
How does rock weathering affect the ocean's acidity?

First Oceans May Have Been Acidic

14.03.2017
Planetary Science, Environment, Climate
A model of ion flux in the oceans shows carbon dioxide driving ocean acidity
Circum-stellar shell

Explosive Material: The Making of a Supernova

14.03.2017
Space & Physics, Astrophysics
Pre-supernova stars may show signs of instability for months before the big explosion
Piece of the merge beam apparatus

Cold, Excited Molecules Change Shape

16.02.2017
Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Chemistry
In the realm of quantum physics, colliding molecules can react as balls or batons 
chiral molecules select electron spins

Controlling Electron Spin for Efficient Water Splitting

13.02.2017
Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science
The method could lead to solar-based production of hydrogen for fuel 
Moon formation

A Multiple-Impact Origin for the Moon

09.01.2017
Space & Physics, Math & Computer Science
New simulations challenge the idea that the Moon was born of a single giant collision  
friction

Geometry Matters in Friction

04.01.2017
Theoretical Physics, Materials Science
A new theory explains why and how asymmetry in the bulk geometry of sliding bodies can weaken the friction between them

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