Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made precise, detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets …read more Source:: Science
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On second thought, the Moon’s water may be widespread and immobile
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•A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon’s water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or …read more Source:: Science
CrateDB packs NoSQL flexibility, SQL familiarity
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•By Serdar Yegulalp CrateDB, an open source, clustered database designed for missions like fast text search and analytics, released its first full 1.0 version last week after three years in development. It’s …read more Source:: OpenSource
NASA missions harvest a passel of ‘pumpkin’ stars
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•Astronomers have discovered a batch of rapidly spinning stars that produce X-rays at more than 100 times the peak levels ever seen from the sun. The stars, which spin so …read more Source:: Science