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Category: Science News

Science News, writing

NASA had another press conference. Still not aliens.

April 13, 2017May 20, 2022 JD Voyek

Enceladus might produce a food source for alien microbes equivalent to 300 pizzas an hour.

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Science News, writing

The Musical Tastes of Chimps

April 2, 2017 JD Voyek

Turns out our genetic first cousins appear to have no musical tastes whatsoever.

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Science News, writing

NASA had a press conference. It’s not aliens.

February 22, 2017March 29, 2017 JD Voyek

Dr. Michaël Gillon, whose team discovered the new planetary system, said they should be named after the first seven Trappist beers.

Tagged astronomy, exoplanets, NASA, news, planets, space, spitzer, trappistLeave a comment
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Pale Blue Dots

February 3, 2017 JD Voyek

Do you want to see an alien solar system? Those roving dots are four real planets, orbiting a very young star called HR 8799 about 129 lightyears from Earth. The star itself is hiding under the black circle to block most of its light (i.e. it's not added in post), so the telescope can actually pick out… Continue reading Pale Blue Dots

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