New Oxygen-Hunting Technique Could Tell If Distant Planets Are ‘Alive or Not’

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:28:30 +0000

“Oxygen is one of the most exciting molecules to detect because of its link with life, but we don’t know if life is the only cause of oxygen in an atmosphere.”

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Physicist Proposes Turning the Sun Into a Gigantic Engine

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 21:57:11 +0000

“That’s the new result of the paper: What exactly is possible if you have a Dyson sphere and you want to use it to drive a jet to push a star around?”

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Scientists Are Searching for a Mysterious Force to Explain the Universe’s Anomalies

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:10:21 +0000

Teams have looked for a “fifth force” in the universe within the Earth’s mantle, ultra-vacuum chambers, and in hypothetical particles such as “X17.” Finding it could help explain mysteries around dark matter and dark energy.

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This Is the Best Spot for Humans to Land on Mars Yet, NASA Says

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:14:51 +0000

If humans want to not die on Mars, they’ll need a reliable source of water. NASA scientists think they’ve found it in a place where ice is so close to the surface that astronauts could get to it with a shovel.

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