Andrew Dickerson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Maple seeds, or samaras, maintain their spinning motion even in rain, allowing them to travel far. High-speed raindrops briefly interrupt their spin, but the ...

When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air – and can even spin when it’s raining. Impacts by high-speed ...

When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air – and can even spin when it’s raining. Impacts by high-speed raindrops only ...

Andrew Dickerson, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air – and can ...

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), popularly known as the "Blaze Star," is surely on the verge of a rare and dramatic brightening. This recurrent nova, located approximately 3,000 light-years away in the ...