Scientists using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have made the first detections of X-rays from Pluto. These observations offer new insight into the space environment surrounding the largest and best-known object …read more Source:: Science
Day: September 14, 2016
Researchers identify oldest textile dyed indigo, reflecting scientific knowledge from 6,200 years ago
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•A 6,200-year-old indigo-blue fabric from Huaca, Peru has been found by a researcher, making it one of the oldest-known cotton textiles in the world and the oldest known textile decorated …read more Source:: Science
Pluto ‘paints’ its largest moon red
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•In June 2015, when the cameras on NASA’s approaching New Horizons spacecraft first spotted the large reddish polar region on Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, mission scientists knew two things: they’d …read more Source:: Science
Apple Swift 3: Forward-looking, but not backward-compatible
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•By Serdar Yegulalp “Move fast and break things,” or so goes the saying. Apple’s doing both with the 3.0 version version of its Swift programming language. Swift, developed by Apple to replace Objective-C, is …read more Source:: OpenSource
Icy giant planet growing around a nearby star
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•Astronomers found signs of a growing planet around TW Hydra, a nearby young star, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Based on the distance from the central star and …read more Source:: Science
How our brain slows down the effects of aging
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•The older we get, the more difficult it becomes to put the world around us in order. Yet, our brain develops remarkable strategies to slow down the effects of aging. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers shed light on different galaxy types
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•Scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the Universe. The research, made possible by cutting-edge instrumentation, means that astronomers can now classify …read more Source:: Science