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WEBEarth-Mass Exoplanet Found Orbiting Distant White Dwarf. Astronomers using the Keck II 10-m telescope have discovered evidence for an Earth-mass planet and a brown dwarf orbiting a white dwarf star. The planet has a mass of 1.9 Earth masses and orbits the white dwarf at a distance of 2.1 AU (astronomical units) — about twice the distance ...
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WEBSep 20, 2024 · Researchers Store Entire Human Genome on ‘Everlasting’ 5D Memory Crystal. Sep 20, 2024 by News Staff. Unlike other data storage formats that degrade over time, 5D memory crystals can store up to 360 terabytes of information without loss for billions of years, even at high temperatures, according to a team of scientists at the …
Scientists Discover Impenetrable Barrier 11,500 km above Earth
WEBNov 27, 2014 · Next ». A group of researchers headed by Prof Daniel Baker of the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics has discovered a nearly impenetrable barrier some 11,500 km above our planet that blocks so-called ‘killer electrons,’ which can fry satellites and degrade space systems during intense solar storms.
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WEBMay 7, 2024 · Scientists have been aware of this phenomenon for decades, but the precise origins of the illumination have been the subject of debate. “In 1923, Arthur Compton discovered that gamma photons possessed sufficient momentum to strongly interact with free or bound electrons,” Dr. Fishman said. “This helped prove that light had both wave …
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WEB5 days ago · Sep 24, 2024 by News Staff. Dubbed EndoMac progenitors, the newly-discovered type of cell has the potential to enhance the future of tissue repair and generation, according to a team of scientists headed by South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute researchers. Angiotensin II-induced vascular inflammation …
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WEB5 days ago · Sep 24, 2024 by News Staff. Around 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid impact triggered mass extinction, mega-tsunamis and a spell of global warming that lasted for around 100,000 years. Although NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission demonstrated that near-Earth objects can be successfully targeted, …
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WEB4 days ago · Sep 25, 2024 by News Staff. Paleontologists in Brazil have examined the well-preserved fossilized remains of two mammal-precursor species: Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis. The findings offer critical insights into the development of the mammalian jaw and middle ear, revealing evolutionary experiments that occurred …
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WEBSep 18, 2024 by News Staff. Primordial black holes are one of the strongest candidates for the Universe’s dark matter. In this scenario, their abundance would be large enough for at least one object to cross through the inner Solar System per decade. A flyby like this would introduce a wobble into Mars’ orbit, to a degree that today’s ...
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WEBSep 18, 2024 by News Staff. In the Standard Model of particle physics, the masses of the carriers of the weak interaction, the W and Z bosons, are uniquely related. Physics beyond the Standard Model can change this relationship through the effects of virtual particle quantum loops, thus making it of paramount importance to measure these masses ...
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WEBApr 25, 2024 · 1.2-Billion-Year-Old Groundwater System Found in South African Mine. Geologists have discovered 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater about 3 km below surface in Moab Khotsong, a gold- and uranium-producing mine in South Africa.... Geology news from across the world provided by Sci.News, an independent source for the latest news on …
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