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AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — This month, skygazers will be treated to a once-in-a-civilization sight: a green comet named C/2022 E3 (ZTF) approaching Earth. The comet, which last passed through our solar system a little more than 50,000 years ago, will reach its perihelion (or its closest point to the sun) on Jan. 12, when it will be within 100 million miles of the sun, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. On Feb. 2, the comet will only be about 26 million miles from Earth. This is the close…
almost 3 years ago
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A new record has be broken in the search for signals in deep space. Scientists using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in Pune, India detected a radio signal emitted by hydrogen atoms. The hydrog…
almost 3 years ago
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The brightest gamma-ray burst in human history was recently detected, scientists with the American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced Tuesday.
over 2 years ago
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GAINESVILLE, Florida (KXAN) — Did you ever wonder where butterflies came from? A recently published research paper has revealed a surprising origin: North and Central America. The paper, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, examined DNA from nearly 2,300 species of butterfly. The team used the data to develop a family tree and track down where the species came from. Turns out, butterflies evolved from nocturnal moths around 101.4 million years ago. According to the National Science Foundatio…
over 2 years ago
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A new photo from the James Webb Space Telescope is leading to a giant question: What in the cosmos formed a giant “?” in space?
over 2 years ago
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — We’re less than a day away from the first of two solar eclipses over the next few months. On Oct. 14, an annular eclipse will briefly dim the skies over sections of the western U.S. and Central and South America. Viewing the eclipse safely will require some prep on your part, however. ”(I see) a few patients a year that have either accidentally looked at the sun or were trying to view an eclipse,” said Dr. Andrew Neighbors, a Seattle-based optometrist. According to Neighbors, dam…
about 2 years ago
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A two week journey into space could likely become an eight month stay aboard the International Space Station. Astronauts Butch Willmore and Suni Williams became the first pilots for Boeing’s …
over 1 year ago
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A dirty diaper may be gross to you, but one Texas company believes it could be the secret ingredient to helping answer an environmental question: How do we clean up all of our plastic waste?
12 months ago
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Residents of the Lake Pointe neighborhood in Travis County, Texas, are dealing with a wastewater treatment plant that has been causing a putrid smell for years and are calling for its removal as th…
11 months ago
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A unique bird, the “grue jay”, has been discovered, which is a hybrid of a blue jay and a green jay, and is considered an anomaly due to the two species not typically mating.
2 months ago
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