https://erikak.ca/rlson/https://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/astronomy-logo1.pngAstronomy-Logohttps://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/wort-logo1.pngWORT-Logohttps://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/wort-logo.pngWORT-Logohttps://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/astronomy-logo.pngAstronomy-Logohttps://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/discover-logo.pngDiscover-Logohttps://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/santacruzsentinel-logo1.pngSantaCruzSentinel-Logohttps://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/santacruzsentinel-logo.pngSantaCruzSentinel-Logo2023-06-21T19:19:55+00:00weekly0.6https://erikak.ca/portfolio/inverse-this-massive-super-bright-galaxy-rewrites-the-history-of-the-universe/2021-09-22T05:58:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/inverse-aliens-could-exist-on-worlds-weirdly-similar-to-a-classic-star-wars-planet/2021-09-22T05:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/inverse-the-ingredients-for-alien-life-were-found-in-a-planet-system-still-forming/2021-09-22T05:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/inverse-a-volatile-element-may-explain-a-weird-asteroid-and-a-glorious-meteor-shower/2021-09-22T05:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/physics-the-first-planetarium-under-kenyan-skies-qa/2021-09-22T05:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/a-stellar-murder/https://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tde_gif.gifTDE_GIF2021-09-22T05:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-lasers/2021-09-22T05:41:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/under-santa-cruz-wharf-a-robot-watches-for-algal-blooms/https://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/algaebotheader.jpgUCSC researcher with Imaging FlowCytobotUC Santa Cruz researcher Alexis Fischer and lab tech Kendra Negrey tinker with the Imaging FlowCytobot used to photograph algae organisms underwater and beneath the Santa Cruz Wharf. 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(Credit: Ed Reschke/Getty Images)2021-09-22T05:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/gene-edited-livestock-could-be-a-boon-to-farmers-in-developing-countries/https://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gene-editedlivestockheader.jpgGene-edited livestock header photoCattle in sub-Saharan Africa tend to make less milk or meat than those raised in advanced economies. (Credit: Ben Sadd/Minden Pictures)2021-09-22T05:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/discover-20-things-you-didnt-know-about-algae/https://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20algaeheader.jpgAlgaeHeaderImage-20ThingsAlgaeSea grapes, a type of green algae.2021-09-22T05:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/quanta-suns-puzzling-plasma-recreated-in-a-laboratory/https://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/suninabox-header.pngSunInABox-HeaderImageThe sun’s magnetic fields trap hot plasmas in their loops, as seen in this ultraviolet image taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. 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(Source: DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw8237)2021-09-22T05:34:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/discover-evaporating-exomoon-could-explain-weird-light-patterns-of-tabbys-star/https://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/boyajiansstarheader.pngBoyajian's Star Header ImageAn artist’s concept of a ring of dust orbiting Tabby’s Star. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)2021-09-22T05:33:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikak.ca/portfolio/live-science-faster-than-light-travel-could-explain-mysterious-signals-beaming-through-the-cosmos/https://erikak.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/superluminalgrbsheader.jpgSuperluminalGRBsHeaderGreen dots show the locations of 186 gamma-ray bursts detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) over its first 10 years. 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