A reanalysis of data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope has revealed an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star’s habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could …read more Source:: Science
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Why lightning often strikes twice
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•Scientists have used the LOFAR radio telescope to study the development of lightning flashes in unprecedented detail. Their work reveals that the negative charges inside a thundercloud are not discharged …read more Source:: Science
Will Earth still exist 5 billion years from now?
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•What will happen to Earth when, in a few billion years’ time, the sun is a hundred times bigger than it is today? Using the most powerful radio telescope in …read more Source:: Science
Telescope used on Armstrong’s moon landing finds new galaxies
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•SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian telescope used to broadcast live vision of man’s first steps on the moon in 1969 has found hundreds of new galaxies hidden behind the Milky …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Hubble telescope shows image of new ‘lightsaber’ star system
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•GREENBELT, Md. – NASA’S Hubble telescope captured an image of a baby star buried in interstellar gas and dust with massive jets emitting from it that seem to resemble a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Crews remove equipment from contested Hawaii telescope site
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•(Reuters) – Construction crews for what would be one of the world’s largest telescopes have removed equipment from the dormant volcano in Hawaii where it was set to be built …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Hawaii court revokes permit for telescope project on volcano
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•(Reuters) – The Hawaii Supreme Court on Wednesday revoked a permit that would have allowed the controversial construction of one of the world’s largest telescopes on a dormant volcano considered …read more Source:: UKScienceNews