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[Optimus Prime]

Scientists have developed a new framework to help find planets that could potentially be fit for human habitation.

The study, which was published in Astrophysical Journal on Friday, involved researchers examining TRAPPIST-1e, a planet located roughly 40 light years from the Earth and due to be documented by the James Webb Space Telescope later this year……

Scientists devise new method for detecting whether a planet could be fit for humans

Assessing the atmosphere of far-off worlds could also make it easier to find life on those planets

www.independent.co.uk

 

[boutte]

Scientists have developed a new framework to help find planets that could potentially be fit for human habitation.

The study, which was published in Astrophysical Journal on Friday, involved researchers examining TRAPPIST-1e, a planet located roughly 40 light years from the Earth and due to be documented by the James Webb Space Telescope later this year……

Scientists devise new method for detecting whether a planet could be fit for humans

Assessing the atmosphere of far-off worlds could also make it easier to find life on those planets

www.independent.co.uk

How long will it take to ruin this one?

 

[Sailorsaint]

How long will it take to ruin this one?

As soon as we set foot on it.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Scientists have discovered the lightest Neutron star ever, a small, extremely dense stellar object that might also confirm the existence of a very strange state of matter.

Neutron stars are one of the potential outcomes when a massive star dies in a fiery supernova explosion. After blowing off most of its mass in the explosion, the remaining stellar core collapses in on itself, forming either a black hole, or a neutron star, an ultra-compact star usually about 1.4 times as massive as the Sun, but only around six miles in diameter.

But scientists measuring the mass of a neutron star found in remnants of a past supernova called HESS J1731-347 found the neutron star weighed in at 77% the mass of the Sun, according to their paper published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. It’s not only the light neutron star yet discovered, the authors note, but could be an example of an exotic and so far only hypothetical stellar object known as a “strange star.”..........

MSN

 

[Sailorsaint]

Scientists have discovered the lightest Neutron star ever, a small, extremely dense stellar object that might also confirm the existence of a very strange state of matter.

Neutron stars are one of the potential outcomes when a massive star dies in a fiery supernova explosion. After blowing off most of its mass in the explosion, the remaining stellar core collapses in on itself, forming either a black hole, or a neutron star, an ultra-compact star usually about 1.4 times as massive as the Sun, but only around six miles in diameter.

But scientists measuring the mass of a neutron star found in remnants of a past supernova called HESS J1731-347 found the neutron star weighed in at 77% the mass of the Sun, according to their paper published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. It’s not only the light neutron star yet discovered, the authors note, but could be an example of an exotic and so far only hypothetical stellar object known as a “strange star.”..........

MSN

I wonder if this makes them more or less stable?

 

[bonnjer]

Scientists have discovered the lightest Neutron star ever, a small, extremely dense stellar object that might also confirm the existence of a very strange state of matter.

Neutron stars are one of the potential outcomes when a massive star dies in a fiery supernova explosion. After blowing off most of its mass in the explosion, the remaining stellar core collapses in on itself, forming either a black hole, or a neutron star, an ultra-compact star usually about 1.4 times as massive as the Sun, but only around six miles in diameter.

But scientists measuring the mass of a neutron star found in remnants of a past supernova called HESS J1731-347 found the neutron star weighed in at 77% the mass of the Sun, according to their paper published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. It’s not only the light neutron star yet discovered, the authors note, but could be an example of an exotic and so far only hypothetical stellar object known as a “strange star.”..........

MSN

I bet there's so much stuff out there that we don't even know we don't know.

 

[bonnjer]

Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet's traffic per second

The speed record for data transmission using a single light source and optical chip has been shattered once again. Engineers have transmitted data at a blistering rate of 1.84 petabits per second (Pbit/s), almost twice the global internet traffic per second.

newatlas.com

 

[Sailorsaint]

Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet's traffic per second

The speed record for data transmission using a single light source and optical chip has been shattered once again. Engineers have transmitted data at a blistering rate of 1.84 petabits per second (Pbit/s), almost twice the global internet traffic per second.

newatlas.com

If only the internet speed were able to keep pace with that. I still struggle a bit to stream D+ for some reason, everything else is just fine.

 

[Zztop]

Listen to the eerie sounds of a solar storm hitting the Earth's magnetic field

Scientists converted data from the ESA's three Swarm satellites into ethereal audio.

www.engadget.com

 

[Sailorsaint]

Listen to the eerie sounds of a solar storm hitting the Earth's magnetic field

Scientists converted data from the ESA's three Swarm satellites into ethereal audio.

www.engadget.com

I'm assuming the deep rumbling is the magnetic field, since it is constant and everything else is the different impacts.
Yep, didn't read all the way thru before posting, was just listening. It is kinda scary when you think about the constant bombardment from outer space though.

 

[Tapxe]

Just in time for the holidays. Hey mom, remember how those games would 'rot your brain'?

Video games may bring cognitive benefits to kids: study

School-age kids who spend hours a day playing video games may outperform their peers on certain tests of mental agility, a new study suggests.

phys.org

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Is it possible to see a shooting star at dawn?
It so i think I did

 

[SWJJ]

Is it possible to see a shooting star at dawn?
It so i think I did

absolutely its possible. You can even see them in broad daylight depending on how big they are and how bright they burn.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

absolutely its possible. You can even see them in broad daylight depending on how big they are and how bright they burn.

Seeing something like that, it’s completely understandable why peoples would imagine gods at work

 

[Optimus Prime]

The material can be made like plastic, but conducts electricity like a metal. The discovery goes against what scientists would expect to see, and could lead to new kinds of breakthroughs, researchers say.

“In principle, this opens up the design of a whole new class of materials that conduct electricity, are easy to shape, and are very robust in everyday conditions,” said John Anderson, an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago and the senior author on the study, in a statement.

Scientists have created conductive materials of all kinds, and the differences between them are what have allowed us to create a variety of electronic devices that work across conditions.

But across all of those differences, the conductive materials share similarities. They are made up of atoms or molecules that run in straight, densely packed lines, which scientists thought was required to make sure they could effectively conduct electricity...........

Scientists create entirely new material that ‘can’t be explained’