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Artist's impression shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System.

May 3, 2019 Science

What makes a planet habitable

Which of Earth’s features were essential for the origin and sustenance of life? And how do scientists identify those features

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Making a superlattice with patterns of hydrogenated graphene is the first step in making the material suitable for organic chemistry. The process was developed in the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour.

May 1, 2019 Technology

Graphene sponge aids development of new lithium sulphur batteries

The path towards an electric future is hampered by the ability of batteries to provide sufficient power over a sufficiently

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STEVE is made up of a pinkish ribbon and green streaks sometimes described as a "picket fence"

April 29, 2019 Science

Scientists identify source of strange glow in the sky

It might be hard to believed that a phenomenon as eye-catching as aurora could go undocumented, but in 2016 a

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Magnetic loops carry gas and dust above disks of planet-forming material circling stars, as shown in this artist's conception.

April 28, 2019 Science

Life May Have Evolved Before Earth Finished Forming

Life may have arisen in our solar system before Earth even finished forming. Planetesimals, the rocky building blocks of planets,

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Ground-based telescope's view of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. The inset image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals one of many star clusters scattered throughout the dwarf galaxy.

April 26, 2019 Science

Mystery of the universe’s expansion rate widens with new Hubble data

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope say they have crossed an important threshold in revealing a discrepancy between the two

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April 20, 2019 Science

What Will the James Webb Space Telescope See? A Whole Bunch of Dust, That’s What

When it comes to the first galaxies, the James Webb Space Telescope will attempt to understand the formation of those

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A near-infrared, color mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the sun glinting off of Titan's north polar seas

April 16, 2019 Science

Titan’s deep lakes more Earth-like than previously thought

If you’re planning to go boating on Saturn’s moon Titan, bring your lengthier anchor cables. Based on radar data returned

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The bizarre galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, a diffuse collection of stars, gas and dust that is apparently devoid of dark matter.

January 26, 2019 Science

Ghostly Galaxies Hint at Dark Matter Breakthrough

Much as a ripple in a pond reveals a thrown stone, the existence of the mysterious stuff known as dark

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January 21, 2019 Science

Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by ‘Planet Nine’

The strange orbits of some objects in the farthest reaches of our solar system, hypothesised by some astronomers to be

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January 19, 2019 Science

Geothermal Heating Could Make Life Possible on the Super Earth Planet at Barnard’s Star

In 2018, scientists announced the discovery of a extrasolar planet orbiting Barnard’s star, an M-type (red dwarf) that is just

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The Hubble Ultra Deep Field of galaxies. A new study of the star formation activity in 179 of the galaxies in this image including many dating from about six billion years ago confirms an earlier puzzling result: lower mass galaxies tend to make stars at a rate slightly slower than expected.

January 18, 2019 Science

Making stars when the universe was half its age

The universe is about 13.8 billion years old, and its stars are arguably its most momentous handiwork. Astronomers studying the

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January 15, 2019 Virtual Reality

Vive Pro Eye first look: Fast track to the future

Vive Pro Eye first look: An opening look at the future of virtual reality? The Vive Pro Eye introduces an

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