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[ad_1] A group of environmentalists set out to explore the “central microbiome” of coffee to find signs of microbes that could lead to a better understanding of how the plant reacts to changing weather conditions. For most people, coffee is a necessary start to the day. For three Toronto-based scientists, …

[ad_1] Astronomers discovered a massive distant planet orbiting star Kepler-88. The planet is roughly three times the size of our own Jupiter, and around 300 times the mass of Earth. At a distance of over 1,250 light-years from Earth, we’ll likely never visit it, but scientists can still study it …

[ad_1] A Toronto-based team of ecologists has identified certain fungi and bacteria that have consistent relationships with coffee plants. The study, published by the American Society for Plant Pathology, is shedding new light on how coffee plants will respond to changing weather conditions. Experts turned to the root tissues of …

[ad_1] An artist’s rendering of a planet’s atmosphere with a white dwarf star on the horizon. Jack Madden, Carl Sagan Institute, Cornell University From observations of planets forming around rising stars to planets surrounding remnants of dead white dwarfs from stars like ours, astronomy provides us with the tools to …

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[ad_1] NASA asked. 56,000 votes decided. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the 20th anniversary of NASA’s Earth Observatory, the space agency invited the public to vote on the best images that capture our beautiful planet in the Earth Observatory collection. (The Earth Observatory is a …

[ad_1] When astronauts return to Earth, they are generally given the opportunity to sit back and adjust to being back in Earth’s gravity. Plunging through the atmosphere can be a difficult journey, so after taking crew members out of their capsule, they are taken to a staging area where they …

[ad_1] Environment | Press releases | Research | Science April 30, 2020 This shows the amount of ice gained or lost by Antarctica between 2003 and 2019. Dark reds and purples show high average rates of ice loss near the Antarctic coast, while blues show lower rates of ice gain …

[ad_1] In an impressive show of international collaboration, NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have teamed up to launch a virtual hackathon that will run between May 30 and May 31. , with the objective of using open data to develop innovative solutions …

[ad_1] In our solar system, Jupiter is by far the largest planet. Jupiter is twice the mass of Saturn and 300 times the mass of Earth. As big as Jupiter is, scientists have now discovered a distant planet that is even bigger. The distant planet is called Kepler-88d and is …