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Supernova iron found on the moon
Posted in Science on 15th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
A supernova 2 million years ago sprayed the solar system with stellar material.
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Yuri Milner is spending $100 million to prove out laser pushed nanosails that would reach 5% of lightspeed
Posted in Science on 13th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
Milner wants a probe that could travel to Alpha Centauri within a generation, and he's recruited Mark Zuckerberg and Stephen Hawking.
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Astronomers Found Evidence for Exoplanets 100 Years Ago But Didnt Know It
Posted in Science on 13th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
A 1917 astronomical glass plate from the Cargenie Observatorys collection is offering the oldest evidence for a planet orbiting another star.
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NASA is building a new exoplanet-hunting tool
Posted in Hardware on 30th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
The $10 million instrument is expected to start looking for exoplanets in 2019.
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China is working on an incredible space telescope
Posted in Hardware on 12th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
The space telescope would have a 2+ meter diameter lens with a field of view 300 times that of the Hubble, while maintaining the same level of image resolution.