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An artist’s impression of the planet K2-18 b, its red dwarf host star, and another accompanying planet in the system.

September 13, 2019 Science

Astronomers Find Water on an Exoplanet Twice the Size of Earth

Twenty years ago, almost to the day, two competing teams of astronomers independently discovered the first known transiting exoplanet—a world

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September 9, 2019 Technology

Skyworks Powers First All-in-One Virtual Reality Gaming System

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS), an innovator of high-performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and things, today announced that its

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This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 7 July 2015 from a distance of 154 km from the comet centre.

September 9, 2019 Science

All comets in the solar system might come from the same place

All comets might share their place of birth, new research says. For the first time ever, astronomer Christian Eistrup applied

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September 6, 2019 Technology

Lenovo made an Marvel Avengers game for its Mirage AR headset

Lenovo has once again teamed up with Disney to bring one of the studio’s iconic franchises to augmented reality (AR).

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September 5, 2019 Science

Planetary collisions can drop the internal pressures in planets

A new study from Caltech shows that giant impacts can dramatically lower the internal pressure of planets, a finding that

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September 5, 2019 Cars

Bugatti Chiron prototype reaches 304.773 MPH for the first time. World record!

New records and possibilities were recently established following a test drive of a souped-up Bugatti Chiron that registered the vehicle

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The Hubble image above shows NGC 5307, a planetary nebula in its final stages of life.

September 3, 2019 Science

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Final Stages of Star’s Life

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped a dreamy photo of NGC 5307, a dying, sun-like star that has collapsed

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September 1, 2019 News

Meet Olli 2.0, a 3D-printed autonomous shuttle

From afar, Olli resembles many of the “future is now!” electric autonomous shuttles that have popped up in recent years.

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A 3D virtual model of Curiosity is shown inside Gale Crater on Mars.

August 21, 2019 Science

A step closer to solving the methane mystery on Mars

Scientists have taken an important step towards revealing the mysterious source of methane on Mars, by refining estimates of the

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NASA says Europa Clipper, seen in this concept image, could be ready for launch as early as 2023

August 20, 2019 Science

NASA confirms mission to discover if Jupiter moon Europa can support life

NASA is moving ahead with an ambitious mission to explore a moon of Jupiter and discover whether it could support

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An artist's rendition of a black hole beginning to devour a neutron star

August 19, 2019 Science

Gravitational waves point to a black hole swallowing a neutron star

Astronomers have detected a gravitational wave signal that appears to have been caused by a black hole swallowing a neutron

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August 13, 2019 Science

James Webb Space Telescope could begin learning about TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres in a year

New research from astronomers at the University of Washington uses the intriguing TRAPPIST-1 planetary system as a kind of laboratory

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