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- Secret surfing life of remoras hitchhiking on blue whales
- Raptor-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail
- Multi-drone system autonomously surveys penguin colonies
- Juno data indicates 'sprites' or 'elves' frolic in Jupiter's atmosphere
- Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object
- Mountain gorillas are good neighbors - up to a point
| Secret surfing life of remoras hitchhiking on blue whales Posted: 28 Oct 2020 04:56 PM PDT A new study of blue whales off the coast of California has given researchers the first ocean recordings of their famous hitchhiking partner -- the remora -- revealing the suckerfish's secret whale-surfing skills as well as their knack for grabbing the most flow-optimal spots while riding aboard the world's largest vertebrate. |
| Raptor-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail Posted: 28 Oct 2020 11:31 AM PDT Engineers have developed a drone with a feathered wing and tail that give it unprecedented flight agility. |
| Multi-drone system autonomously surveys penguin colonies Posted: 28 Oct 2020 11:31 AM PDT A new multi-drone imaging system was put to the test in Antarctica. The task? Documenting a colony of roughly 1 million Adélie penguins. |
| Juno data indicates 'sprites' or 'elves' frolic in Jupiter's atmosphere Posted: 28 Oct 2020 11:31 AM PDT An instrument on NASA's Juno mission spacecraft may have detected transient luminous events -- bright flashes of light in the gas giant's upper atmosphere. |
| Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object Posted: 28 Oct 2020 09:45 AM PDT A team of astronomers, earlier this year announced their discovery of activity emanating from Centaur 2014 OG392, a planetary object first found in 2014. As a result of the team's discovery, the Centaur has recently been reclassified as a comet, and will be known as 'C/2014 OG392 (PANSTARRS).' |
| Mountain gorillas are good neighbors - up to a point Posted: 28 Oct 2020 05:29 AM PDT Mountain gorilla groups are friendly to familiar neighbors - provided they stay out of 'core' parts of their territory - new research shows. |
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