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Month: September 2017

September 30, 2017 SETI

Discovery alert! A nearby super Earth

Cool! A nearby “Super Earth” –   only 21 light-years away in the inner habitable zone of its small, red ‘M dwarf’ star. Almost 3 times more massive than Earth, this exoplanet

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September 28, 2017 Cosmology

New gravitational wave detection shows shape of ripples from black hole collision

Picked up from twin instruments, Ligo and Vigo.  New gravitational wave detection shows shape of ripples from black hole collision For the first time, astronomers have detail on the 3D

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September 21, 2017 Telescopes

Next-generation U.S. Radio Telescope Development Begins – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Planning has started on the next generation of The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). NRAO and AUI are launching development of a new radio-telescope system with the advanced capabilities to answer

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September 20, 2017 Cosmology

Possible explanation for the galaxy’s cosmic radiation

Discovery of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant as a natural particle accelerator of up to PeV energies (1 PeV = 1.000 TeV and implications of galactic radiation. Very interesting article. https://phys.org/news/2017-09-explanation-galaxy-cosmic.html

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September 10, 2017 Astrophotography

CMOS vs CCD in the field of spectrography

Very detailed article about the differences between CMOS and CCD cameras.    Comparison of CMOS and CCD in the field of spectrography For spectrographic applications in particular, I compare the

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September 6, 2017 Astronomy

Earth’s carbon points to planetary smashup

Further evidence about the Earth being struck by a large, Mercury size object in the early life of the Solar System Research by Rice University Earth scientists suggests that virtually

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