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Talks turn to rescue as climate changed fire threatens flora

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Banksia cunninghamii c kim tarpey some rights reserved cc by

Banksia cunninghamii. Credit: (c) Kim Tarpey, some rights reserved (CC BY) Australian plants adapted to resist and recover from fire are becoming threatened by it, as climate change worsens fire weather and drives more frequent and severe wildfires. A recent study of the striking hairpin banksia (Banksia cunninghamii), in areas of Victoria affected by the … Read more

Gravitational waves could turn colliding neutron stars into ‘cosmic tuning forks’

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The kilonova associated with GW170817 (inset) as observed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (visible light) and Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue) over nine days in August 2017.

Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into “cosmic tuning forks.” The reverberations of such ripples in spacetime could reveal the interiors of these extreme stellar remains. Born when massive stars die, neutron stars have up to two times the mass of … Read more