New process enables easier isolation of carbon nanotubes

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Long carbon nanotubes with high structural integrity, and without contaminants, can be obtained by using a newly created process. The improved characteristics of these high-quality nanotubes can then be utilized in fields such as materials science, and in electrical and biomedical applications.
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Evidence of a real ninth planet discovered

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Researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune (which orbits the sun at an average distance of 2.8 billion miles). In fact, it would take this new planet between 10,000 and 20,000 years to make just one full orbit around the sun.
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Ninth Planet May Exist Beyond Pluto, Scientists Report

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Two professors at the California Institute of Technology laid out an argument for the new planet’s existence, which would be about 4,500 times the size of Pluto.










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NASA's Van Allen probes revolutionize view of radiation belts

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About 600 miles from Earth's surface is the first of two donut-shaped electron swarms, known as the Van Allen Belts, or the radiation belts. Understanding the shape and size of the belts, which can shrink and swell in response to incoming radiation from the sun, is crucial for protecting our technology in space. NASA's Van Allen Probes now reveals that the shape of the radiation belts is actually quite different depending on what type of electron you're looking at.
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Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula

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