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Liquid Iron Rains on Planet
Scientists have learned that the planet is so hot that molecules separate from atoms. "This causes this extreme difference in temperature between day and night on the planet". "Surprisingly, however, we do not see the iron vapor in the morning", Ehrenreich notes. The momentous conditions on WASP-76b were found utilizing the Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Ob... [Full Article...]
How to catch the first supermoon of 2020 this weekend
Many astronomy buffs, including those at the reputable Sky & Telescope magazine , believe a supermoon is a full moon that tracks less than 223,000 miles from the Earth at the closest point of its orbit, known as the perigee . This year's "Snow Moon" also happens to coincide with a "supermoon", making the event all the more delightful to see. Traditionally the Full Moon in February is called ... [Full Article...]
Elon Musk Tells Employees Car Crashes Are More Dangerous Than Coronavirus
The email follows a tweet Musk sent last week saying "the coronavirus panic is silly". Addressing concerns over the growing coronavirus outbreak on Friday, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in the United States, where the death toll from the disease now stands at at least 41. [Full Article...]
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Shuts Down During Starlink Satellite Constellation Launch
This mission marks the first time SpaceX will attempt to refly a first stage for the fifth time. On the live feed of the launch, SpaceX engineers were heard to cite a "launch abort on high engine power", and the announcer presenting the webcast said that it was indeed an abort related to Merlin engine power, and SpaceX later provided added detail, including that the sequence was auto-aborted by... [Full Article...]
Astronomers discover scorching hot planet where it rains iron
The extreme heat causes intense winds that bring iron vapor from one side to the other, where the temperature cools to around 1,500 degrees Celsius. It's a gas giant, like Jupiter and Saturn in our solar system. However, it has proven to be much more versatile than just finding rocky worlds. "We soon realised that the remarkable collecting power of the VLT and the extreme stability of ESPRESSO mad... [Full Article...]
Snow moon rises over Edmonton
The rival publication, the Farmers' Almanac , says early American colonists also referred to the February full moon as the "trapper's moon", because "the optimal time for trapping beaver, fox, and mink, was the dead of winter, when these animals' coats were at their fullest". [Full Article...]
Amazon continues renewable energy investments with new wind, solar projects
Of this 60,000 MW, 37,669 MW capacity has already been commissioned (as on February 29, 2020), with 9236 MW of projects under implementation and 1200 MW under bidding, the minister said. The farm is expected to reach commercial operation by 2021, according to the solar power company. Altogether, the wind and solar projects are expected to produce almost 300 megawatts of capacity, and approximately... [Full Article...]
Coal investors face US$600 billion loss to renewables, says watchdog
They added that during 10 years it's going to be less expensive to near down coal crops and construct wind and sun crops as an alternative. Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, and experts from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) say power derived from it must fall drastically if the world has any hope of meeting the Paris climate goals. [Full Article...]