The nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as massive as Earth — a so-called super-Earth. One of the largest observing campaigns to date …read more Source:: Science
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Antarctic ice shelf ‘sings’ as winds whip across its surface
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•Winds blowing across snow dunes on Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf cause the massive ice slab’s surface to vibrate, producing a near-constant set of seismic ‘tones’ scientists could potentially use to …read more Source:: Science
Einstein’s ‘spooky action’ goes massive
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•The elusive quantum mechanical phenomenon of entanglement has now been made a reality in objects almost macroscopic in size. Results show how two vibrating drumheads, the width of a human …read more Source:: Science
Cosmic lens helps Hubble capture image of most distant star ever seen
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•Peering through the gravitational lens of a massive galaxy cluster 5 billion light years from Earth, astronomers have discovered a single, blue supergiant star 9 billion light years away, farther …read more Source:: Science
Massive reserves of mercury hidden in permafrost
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•Researchers have discovered permafrost in the northern hemisphere stores massive amounts of natural mercury, a finding with significant implications for human health and ecosystems worldwide. …read more Source:: Science
Distant galaxy group contradicts common cosmological models, simulations
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•Astronomers have determined that Centaurus A, a massive elliptical galaxy 13 million light-years from Earth, is accompanied by a number of dwarf satellite galaxies orbiting the main body in a …read more Source:: Science
Geophysicists uncover new evidence for an alternative style of plate tectonics
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•Scientists have determined that a volcano and mountain plateau across Turkey formed not by the collision of tectonic plates, but by a massive detachment of plate material beneath Earth’s surface. …read more Source:: Science
New Greenland maps show more glaciers at risk
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•New maps of Greenland’s coastal seafloor and bedrock beneath its massive ice sheet show that two to four times as many coastal glaciers are at risk of accelerated melting as …read more Source:: Science
Supersonic gas streams left over from the Big Bang drive massive black hole formation
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•A super-computer simulation by an international team of researchers has shown the formation of a rapidly growing star from supersonic gas streams in the early universe left over from the …read more Source:: Science
IDG Contributor Network: How to get Google’s artificial intelligence on the Raspberry Pi
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•By Swapnil Bhartiya I am a heavy user of Raspberry Pis. Every year I build a massive musical lighting setup for Christmas using couple of Pis. During Halloween, I build Pi-powered …read more Source:: OpenSource