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April 18, 20190Comments

A tiny, dim star the size of Jupiter has broken out an incredibly powerful flash

A star flash, whose power is almost 10 times the power of the brightest flash ever seen on the Sun, occurred on a supercold star about the size of Jupiter. This star has...

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April 17, 20190Comments

A madlibs science fiction plot generator

Grether Labs’s Science Fiction Plot Generator can sure pick ’em: “You are friends with a talking fireplace, and you are working to solve this ancient puzzle...

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April 17, 20190Comments

Earth rotation speed. What would happen if it starts spinning faster?

All earthly creatures feel comfortable, not physically feeling how the planet makes a complete rotation around the axis in 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds. We also do not...

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April 17, 20190Comments

Kepler-47 dual star system with now three planets

Repeated data analysis of the NASA’s Kepler space telescope, which completed the scientific career, led to the discovery of the third exoplanet in the Kepler-47 star...

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April 16, 20190Comments

Put music therapy to work with this science-backed app

Countless research studies have proven what is incredibly obvious to anyone who has a favorite song: Music can have a profound effect on our mood. So why not put that science...

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April 16, 20190Comments

Solar system primary building block is found in a meteorite

A tiny piece of the comet primary building block is found inside a primitive meteorite. The discovery provides new keys to the formation, structure and evolution of the solar...

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April 15, 20190Comments

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April 15, 20190Comments

RIP, science fiction and fantasy Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019

Gene Wolfe, author of more than 30 books including classics like The Book of The New Sun, has died at the age of 87. Wolfe was kind enough to give me a blurb for my third...

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April 15, 20190Comments

Does Proxima c exist?

The nearest exoplanet Proxima b, which revolves around the dim red dwarf Proxima Centauri, about 4.2 light years away from us, may have a neighbor Proxima c. Proposed at the...

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April 15, 20190Comments

Scientists observe the formation of a magnetar at a distance of 6.5 billion light years from Earth

A team of astronomers identified an X-ray flash from the side of a galaxy about 6.5 billion light years away that is consistent with the merging of two neutron stars with the...

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