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Grasshoppers invade crops, ranches; Costly: Dry conditions help insects mature
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VERDIGRE, Neb. (AP) - Their numbers swelled by the drought,
grasshoppers and Mormon crickets are ravaging crops and pastures
across the West in what could be the biggest such infestation since
World War II.
"They're even eating the paint off some of the houses," said
Nebraska farmer Robert Larsen, who raises alfalfa, corn, soybeans and
cattle on 1,600 acres where thousands upon thousands grasshoppers
jump out of the way as he walks by in what looks like the parting of
the sea.
The infestation threatens the livelihood of farmers and ranchers
already suffering because of the dry spell.
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Brown dwarfs weather their storms
Newspaper article from: China Daily
; ...up of atmospheres outside our solar system. "Brown dwarfs have traditionally been studied like stars, but...up with these guys, it is just a very low-mass brown dwarf." Brown dwarfs serve as a training ground for scientists...
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ECLIPSING BROWN DWARFS PROVIDE NEW KEY TO STAR FORMATION PROCESS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...a category the brown dwarf is quite new. The existence...t until 2000 that a brown dwarf was detected unambiguously. While brown dwarfs were hypothetical objects...first candidate brown dwarf was found, however...astronomers favor defining brown dwarfs as ...
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The discovery of brown dwarfs. (black/coffee dwarfs or substellar objects)
Magazine article from: American Scientist
; ...astronomers now call a brown dwarf. Originally called black dwarfs (and often called...Brown Dwarfs Brown dwarfs are curious celestial...suggests that a brown dwarf forms in the same...own solar system. Brown dwarfs are also relatively...
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The search for unlit stars. (brown dwarfs)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...universe, is unseen. Brown dwarfs, he says, provide a more...missing matter probably is brown dwarfs, even though we have no evidence yet for the number of brown dwarfs that would be required...Another reason to suspect that brown dwarfs are plentiful is that...the time ...
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Astronomers Weigh The Coldest Brown Dwarfs With Sharpest Eyes On The Planet.
Magazine article from: Space Daily
; ...masses of two brown dwarf binaries. One, known...two "methane" brown dwarfs, the coolest type of brown dwarf, which is characterized...measurement for this type of brown dwarf. The team found...mass, and each brown dwarf in it has a mass of...warmer ...
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UCLA Astronomers Obtain 'Molecular Fingerprints' for Celestial 'Brown Dwarfs,' Missing Link Between Stars, Planets.
News Wire article from: AScribe Science News Service
; ...us something in the atmosphere of the brown dwarf has absorbed the light. "When we first studied the brown dwarf spectra, they were peculiar...missing light in the spectra of the coolest brown dwarfs is the presence of methane in the atmosphere...
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When a star isn't born: billions of brown dwarfs illuminate our galaxy--softly. (Out There).
Magazine article from: Natural History
; ...gap, called a "brown dwarf desert," had no apparent...to propose that brown dwarfs don't form the way...Arizona, has brought brown dwarfs into sharper...found a dozen new brown dwarfs in binary systems...within the supposed brown dwarf desert, ...
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Astronomers Find Jupiter-Like Weather on Brown Dwarfs.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service
; ...makeup of atmospheres outside our solar system. "Brown dwarfs have traditionally been studied like stars, but...up with these guys, it is just a very low-mass brown dwarf." Brown dwarfs serve as a training ground for scientists...
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Brown dwarfs caught in the heat of youth.
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...cooler stars and young brown dwarfs. Of these nine, four have...obscured by dust. The brown-dwarf candidates are all low in mass...puzzling over why low-mass brown dwarfs are so abundant while brown dwarfs having 20 to 80 times...
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New brown dwarfs show link to planets. (brown dwarfs orbiting nearby stars)(Astronomy)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...exist, says Mayor. All six dwarfs have elliptical orbits, but...ellipticity may distinguish a brown dwarf from a planet. Although they...Mayor's team has detected 8 brown dwarfs among a sample of 570 stars...120 stars but not a single brown dwarf. Given that brown ...
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