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This summer, the sky comes alive with shooting stars. What you need to know about ongoing meteor showers.
The annual alpha Capricornids, the Southern delta Aquariids and the Perseid meteor showers are all currently active ...
The southern hemisphere is full of birds found nowhere else on Earth. Their importance has been overlooked
The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...
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Scientists Discover Why the Southern Jet Stream Is Moving
The Southern Hemisphere’s eddy-driven jet (EDJ), a critical force shaping weather patterns across South America, Southern ...
Sugars from the salty ocean are responsible for a large part of the ice nuclei over southern hemisphere
Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
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Why the Southern jet stream is shifting - and what it means
Scientists have traced the shifting and strengthening Southern jet stream to global warming and other major climate drivers.
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'An exceedingly rare event': See a pair of nova explosions shining in the southern sky this week.
The bright novas V572 Velorum (left) and V462 Lupi (right) are currently visible in the southern hemisphere night sky. | Credit: Eliot Herman Not one, but two exploding stars are currently visible to ...
New insights into the jet stream make better climate predictions possible
Jet streams are often referred to as the "motor" of global weather: High-altitude wind currents steer areas of high and low ...
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Rare Appearance of Two Novas at Once Illuminates the Southern Sky. Here’s How to Get a Chance to See It
The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...