First Habitable-Zone, Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered With Planet-Hunter TESS - SciTechDaily
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, was launched in 2018 with the goal of discovering small planets around the Sun’s nearest neighbors, stars bright enough to allow for follow-up characterizations of their planets’ masses and atmospheres. TESS ha…
Water-sensitive urban design: A study of urban water bodies and their correlation with urbanism - Firstpost
With various factors at play that impact urban lakes, a broader understanding is necessary in planning for urban water bodies.
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Penrose, and Genzel and Ghez - Goa Chronicle
Moscow: The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez, the Nobel Committee said on Tuesday. Penros was awarded for
Highly Unusual “Hot Neptune” Exoplanet 260 Light Years Away That “Shouldn’t Exist” - SciTechDaily
A team led by an astronomer from the University of Kansas has crunched data from NASA’s TESS and Spitzer space telescopes to portray for the first time the atmosphere of a highly unusual kind of exoplanet dubbed a “hot Neptune.” The findings concerning the re…
Samples of asteroid Bennu are spilling from the jammed OSIRIS-REx spacecraft - Firstpost
Bennu was chosen by NASA for its carbon-rich character, thought to have held on to the building blocks of the solar system.
Nokia to provide 4G network on Moon: Why is it bad news for radio astronomy - Business Standard
Radio frequency interference (RFI) is the long-term nemesis of radio astronomers. Jodrell Bank - the earliest radio astronomy observatory in the world still in existence - was created because of RFI
NASA to Unveil ’Exciting’ Moon Discovery at 9:30 pm IST Monday | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com - The Weather Channel
The US space agency said the discovery from Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will be unveiled at a media teleconference on Monday. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
Very unusual “hot Neptune” exoplanet 260 light years away that “shouldn’t... - AlKhaleej Today
Very unusual “hot Neptune” exoplanet 260 light years away that “shouldn’t...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid - India Education Diary
Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, Oct. 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one …
Starlink project takes Musk’s SpaceX valuation to $100 billion - ETTelecom.com
Last week, SpaceX launched 60 more Starlink satellites aboard Falcon 9 rocket to be deployed in low-Earth orbit, bringing the constellation to 788 as the company gears up for a public beta of the affordable satellite broadband service.
Moon lander and rover go dormant for lunar night - ecns
The lander and rover of the Chang’e 4 probe have been switched to dormant mode for the lunar night after working stably for a 23rd lunar day.
DNA in lip-rimmed bat droppings reveals unexpected eating habits - AlKhaleej Today
DNA in lip-rimmed bat droppings reveals unexpected eating habits
Scientists Discover Design Secrets of Nearly Indestructible Insect That Can Survive Being Run Over by a Car - SciTechDaily
University of California, Irvine materials scientists discover design secrets of nearly indestructible insect. Southern California’s diabolical ironclad beetle has an exoskeleton so tough, it can even survive being run over by a car. With one of the more awe-…
Very unusual “hot Neptune” exoplanet 260 light years away that “shouldn’t... - AlKhaleej Today
Very unusual “hot Neptune” exoplanet 260 light years away that “shouldn’t...
