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The Solar Wind Is Hiding Strange Particles That Could Rewrite

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 20th September 2025

Data may challenge and reshape current models of solar wind evolution. A recent study led by Dr. Michael Starkey of the Southwest Research Institute has delivered the first observational evidence from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Read More

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Bats may mistake wind turbines for open sky, causing deadly

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 27th August 2025

Study may help explain why giant blades kill millions of the animals every year Summary A recent study is shedding light on the devastating impact of wind turbine blades on bat populations, potentially explaining why Read More

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How the moon's hidden protection shields against solar wind erosion

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 22nd July 2025

The moon’s thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, has been a puzzle to science for some time. Two main processes were thought to create this wispy gas envelope; tiny meteoroids hitting the surface and solar Read More

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Astronomers investigate pulsar PSR J1930+1852 and its pulsar wind nebula

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 8th July 2025

Using NuSTAR and XMM-Newton satellites, astronomers from New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi have observed a pulsar known as PSR J1930+1852 and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN). Results of the observational campaign, published in The Read More