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World’s Next Largest Telescope Hopes to Answer Question of Life Beyond Earth
World’s Next Largest Telescope Hopes to Answer Question of Life Beyond Earth There’s a telescope under construction in Chile, and it’s slated to be the world’s largest – if it’s completed in time. Source: chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/07/31/world-s-next-largest-telescope-hopes-answer-question-life-beyond-earth
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Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth
Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth Scientists have identified a group of planets outside our solar system where the same chemical conditions that may have led to life on Earth exist. Source: www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-identify-exoplanets-where-life-could-develop-as-it-did-on-earth
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Star spotted speeding near black hole at centre of Milky Way
Star spotted speeding near black hole at centre of Milky Way Chile’s Very Large Telescope tracks S2 star as it reaches mind-boggling speeds by supermassive black hole Source: www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/26/star-spotted-speeding-near-milky-way-black-hole-for-first-time
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The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics | Quanta Magazine
The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics | Quanta Magazine New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called âoctonions.â Source: www.quantamagazine.org/the-octonion-math-that-could-underpin-physics-20180720/
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Martian atmosphere behaves as one
Martian atmosphere behaves as one New research using a decade of data from ESA’s Mars Express has found clear signs of the complex martian atmosphere acting as a single, interconnected system, with processes occurring at low and mid levels significantly affecting those seen higher up. Source: m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Martian_atmosphere_behaves_as_one
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Supersharp Images from New VLT Adaptive Optics
Supersharp Images from New VLT Adaptive Optics ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has achieved first light with a new adaptive optics mode called laser tomography — and has captured remarkably sharp test images of the planet Neptune, star clusters and other objects. The pioneering MUSE instrument in Narrow-Field Mode, working with the GALACSI adaptive optics…
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Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found!!
Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found—11 “normal” outer moons, and one that they’re calling an “oddball.” This brings Jupiter’s total number of known moons to a whopping 79—the most of any planet in our Solar System. A team led by Carnegie’s Scott S. Sheppard first spotted the moons in the spring of 2017…
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The Gaia Sausage: The Major Collision That Changed the Milky Way Galaxy
The Gaia Sausage: The Major Collision That Changed the Milky Way Galaxy | Simons Foundation The Gaia Sausage: The Major Collision That Changed the Milky Way Galaxy on Simons Foundation An international team of astronomers has discovered an ancient and dramatic head-on collision between the Milky Way and a smaller object, dubbed the “Sausage”…
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MeerKAT radio telescope inaugurated in South Africa – reveals clearest view yet of center of the Milky Way – SKA SA
MeerKAT radio telescope inaugurated in South Africa – reveals clearest view yet of center of the Milky Way – SKA SA Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr David Mabuza, today officially inaugurated the MeerKAT radio telescope. After a decade in design and construction, this project of South Africa’s Department of Science and…
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Gaia Identifies a Stellar Gap
Gaia Identifies a Stellar Gap New data from the Gaia mission has revealed a surprise hidden among main-sequence stars. Source: aasnova.org/2018/07/11/3796/
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‘Ghost’ particles from black-hole jetstream found in Antarctic
‘Ghost’ particles from black-hole jetstream found in Antarctic Neutrinos are the universeâs ghosts. Trillions of these particles move through us all the time at close to the speed of light. We cannot see, feel or sense them Source: www.smh.com.au/national/ghost-particles-from-black-hole-jetstream-found-in-arctic-20180712-p4zr4t.html
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NASA May Have Discovered and Then Destroyed Organics on Mars in 1976
NASA May Have Discovered and Then Destroyed Organics on Mars in 1976 Over 40 years ago, a NASA mission may have accidentally destroyed what would have been the first discovery of organic molecules on Mars, according to a report from New Scientist. Source: www.space.com/41140-mars-lander-may-have-burned-organics.html
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Stargazing with a smartphone | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Stargazing with a smartphone | BBC Sky at Night Magazine By combining GPS positioning and an accelerometer, your phone can tell not only where you are on the planet, but exactly where you’re pointing it; cue planetarium apps that show you exactly what you’re looking at in the night sky. There are apps to…
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Testing the Sony a7III for Astrophotography
Testing the Sony a7III for Astrophotography Testing the Sony a7III for Astrophotography I put the new Sony a7III mirrorless camera through its paces for the features and functions we need to shoot the night sky. Sony’s a7III camera has enjoyed rave reviews since its introduction earli… Source: amazingsky.net/2018/05/31/testing-the-sony-a7iii-for-astrophotography/
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