FRB 121102.

Scientists pinpoint the source of a Fast Radio Burst

Last Wednesday, The Cornell Chronicle reported that a group of scientists had discovered the source of a mysterious radio signal, a phenomenon known as...
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Elon Musk to change transportation with the Hyperloop

27 teams of college students and other groups from all over the world will put their designs to the test on the Hyperloop Pod...

2016 is the third consecutive hottest year on record

Scientists at NASA recorded the highest heat signatures on the planet last year, in 2016. However, both 2015 and 2014 were also the hottest...

Scientists unveil Cheddar Man’s face and details of British heritage

Through DNA testing, scientists have found that Cheddar Man, Britain’s oldest skeleton, discovered back in 1903 Gough’s Cave near the village of Cheddar in...
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Harvard expert discovers LHS 1140b, a “habitable” exoplanet

Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered a new exoplanet named LHS 1140b. This ‘super-Earth’ orbits a red dwarf just 39 light years...
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The VLT gears up to look for alien planets in Alpha...

Breakthrough Initiatives and the European Southern Observatory announced on Monday an agreement to upgrade the instruments of the organization’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in...
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Scientists worry Trump’s policies will stall progress

The Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is taking place this weekend, and thousands of scientists will rally...

NASA catches sight of water plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Scientists using NASA’s Hubble telescope have detected potential plumes of water vapor ejected from the surface of Europa, Jupiter’s renowned icy moon. The sighting...
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Things you must know about TRAPPIST-1

TRAPPIST-1 is a planetary system named after the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope which astronomers used to discover it. It is located 39 light...
Get To the Moon; Bring Back a Piece of Rock; Hand It Over To NASA; and Get Paid

Get To the Moon; Bring Back a Piece of Rock; Hand...

That is as simple and straightforward as it can be stated: get to the moon, bring back a piece of rock, hand it over...