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Researchers Identify Massive Exoplanets Orbiting A Star Similar To The Sun
In this case, scientists were specifically scanning nearby sun-like stars to see if any of them had visible exoplanets . The specialists said that more research is expected to decide if extra planets spin around the 17-million-year-old star to make it significantly progressively like our own Solar System. [Full Article...]
Comet NEOWISE Spotted From Bermuda
The space agency said Comet NEOWISE was the brightest comet to come into view of earth since Hale-Bopp in March 1997, which was encouraging news to backyard astronomers who were disappointed by the faintness of Halley's Comet in 1986, or Kohoutek, which was barely visible to anyone except the final Skylab space station crew in the winter of 1973. [Full Article...]
Good Vibes Only: Earth is Vibrating Less Thanks to Coronavirus Lockdowns
In the 20th and 21st centuries, seismic noise has gradually increased as economies and populations expanded, making it hard for scientists to tease apart the different signals and hear natural phenomena that were being masked by human vibrations. [Full Article...]
NY issues largest ever renewable energy solicitation
That's the largest renewable energy solicitation in the U.S. Last year, NY solicited 1,700 megawatts of offshore wind. The investments will include $400 million in public and private funding. "[It] really represents New York's strong commitment to using renewable energy as a tool for our economic rebuilding". Combined, these land-based and offshore wind clean energy projects would generate up ... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus lockdowns hushed seismic noise around the world
The paper is published today in Science . Everyday human activity - from our involvement in industrial processes and construction projects to our raucous outbursts at football stadiums - generates vibrations in the earth that are recorded as a near-continuous stream of high-frequency seismic waves. [Full Article...]
Spectacular view of Comet NEOWISE in SW Montana
The comet's tail is a byproduct of the solar wind burning off the icy material from the comet head or rock. Since NASA says this comet takes approximately 6,800 years to complete its journey around the sun, it won't be visible again in our lifetime. [Full Article...]
South Korea’s first military satellite launched
This was reported on the website of the company on Tuesday, July 21. The reason this is such great news is that by catching these fairings, it dramatically reduces the cost for SpaceX's future launches as it can reuse them. SpaceX did not show the satellite deploying from a rocket, something the company generally leaves out of its Internet transmissions when it carries sensitive cargo related... [Full Article...]
Stunning Photos Of The Neowise Comet Lighting Up The Ontario Sky
Comet NEOWISE sits in the evening sky as horses graze in a pasture near Lexington, Kentucky, on July 18, 2020. That was the NEOWISE comet, officially known as C/2020 F3 and discovered on March 27 by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission. [Full Article...]