A mysterious striped signal from the Crab Pulsar may finally be explained by a delicate balance between plasma effects and gravitational lensing.

For the past two decades, scientists have wondered about a bright, distinct striped pattern seen in radio waves emanating ...

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How did the zebra get its stripes? One African account says the animal donned a tight black suit that quickly ripped, revealing the pale skin beneath. But a story by Kipling credits the stripes to the ...

Prince Edwards Islands in the South Indian Ocean had a psychedelic show this month and it wasn’t at a concert stadium, it was in the sky. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) ...

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