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WATCH: NASA Astronomers Discover Third Planet in the Kepler-47 System 2024-05-16
Space Coast Daily

NASA & SPACE NEWS ABOVE VIDEO: Astronomers Discover Third Planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary System (NASA) – Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds. Using data from NASA’s Kepler space...

photo: NASA/JPL Caltech/T. Pyleu003c/strongu003e

NASA shares stunning image: Hubble Telescope captures triple-star system 550 light-years away 2024-05-16
Live Mint

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Hubble Space Telescope has released stunning image of triple-star system. The triple-star system is located about 550 light-years away.NASA explained that the triple-star system is made up of the variable star HP Tau, HP Tau...

photo: NASA, ESA, G. Duchene (Universite de Grenoble I)

NASA Tests Moonwalk Technology in Arizona Desert 2024-05-15
SpaceDaily

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024 NASA is conducting a week-long field...

photo: NASA / Josh Valcarcel

Sun Shoots Out Biggest Solar Flare in Nearly a Decade, but Earth Should Be Safe 2024-05-15
Time Magazine

(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly a decade Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet!” the...

photo: NASA/SDO

Some Papua New Guineans Have Denisovan Genes, And It Might Protect Them From Malaria 2024-05-14
IFL Science

New research has found that lowland populations of Papua New Guinea have Denisovan genes that may have helped them develop a resistance to malaria. The findings are part of a larger study that examined whole-genome sequences from highlanders and lowlanders living in the southwestern Pacific country....

photo: IRIN News / David Swanson

Oldest Known Human Viruses Discovered In 50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones 2024-05-14
IFL Science

Did viruses play a role in the extinction of Neanderthals? That’s what researchers from the Federal University of São Paulo have been trying to figure out, and in doing so, ended up uncovering the oldest known human viruses in a set of Neanderthal bones from over 50,000 years ago. Advertisement To...

photo: Creative Commons / Tim Evanson

Perseverance Wraps Up Over 1,000 Days on Mars. Still Going Strong 2024-05-14
Universe Today

I can remember when Perseverance was launched, travelled out into the Solar System and landed on Mars in February 2021. In all the time since it arrived, having clocked up 1000 days of exploration, it has collected 23 samples from different geological areas within the Jezero Crater. The area was...

photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Scientists say they’ve discovered a ‘phonetic alphabet’ in whale calls 2024-05-14
CNN

Scientists have accomplished a whale of a feat. They’ve identified previously unknown complexity in whale communication by analyzing thousands of recorded sequences of sperm whale clicks with artificial intelligence. Variations in tempo, rhythm and length of the whales’ click sequences, called...

photo: Creative Commons / Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

A new generation of batteries may bolster the EU’s green ambitions 2024-05-13
CyprusMail

By Anthony King A green industrial future for Europe may depend on an element that is part of a household staple: table salt. Dr John Abou-Rjeily, a researcher at Tiamat Energy in France, is using sodium to develop rechargeable batteries. Sodium is a part of sodium chloride, an ionic compound that...

photo: Creative Commons / Arria Belli

All you need to know about ‘Mother of Dark Matter’ 2024-05-13
Live Mint

Vera Rubin, affectionately known as the “Mother of Dark Matter,” earned her moniker through groundbreaking research on the elusive substance that makes up a significant portion of the universe.According to a post by Hubble, a galaxy in particular became synonymous with Rubin's pioneering work,...

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