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The News Search For Extra-terrestrial Life: We Can Finally Analyse Exoplanet Atmospheres
Posted in Science on 26th Jul, 2022
by Alex Muller
The next generation of exoplanet studies has the potential to pass the bar of the extraordinary evidence needed to prove the existence of life.
The biggest space telescope of all time has finally gotten off the ground
Posted in Hardware, Science on 27th Dec, 2021
by Alex Muller
As of now we wait for the telescope to finish its full deployment so that its scientific mission can begin.
How Many Galaxies Are In The Universe? A New Answer From The Darkest Sky Ever Observed
Posted in Reviews, Science on 24th Jan, 2021
by Alex Muller
Amid the vast sea of galaxies, stars, and planets, are we really the only species to ever look out and wonder if we're alone? It seems very numerically unlikely. Perhaps one day we will have a way to find out.
Roman Space Telescope AKA WFIRST Field of View 100 Times Hubble
Posted in Science on 1st Sep, 2020
by Alex Muller
A survey using gravitational lensing should find ~250 FFPs (free floating planets aka rogue planets) with masses down to that of Mars.
Astonomy's use of Data Sience has lead to many new minor planets spotted in the outer Solar System
Posted in Reviews on 6th May, 2020
by Alex Muller
The discoveries were made by sifting through several years' worth of data gathered by the Dark Energy Survey, and applying new techniques to study objects that the survey was never intended to search for.