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Jun 5, 2017
Sun’s Peculiar Rotation Key To Complex Life, New Data Suggests
Posted by Bruce Dorminey in category: space
From the archives.
Solar rotation rates. Credit: NASA
Most Astronomy 101 courses continually pound the idea that our own star is almost boringly average. After all, it’s only one of billions of G-spectral type, solar-like stars in the galaxy.
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Asteroid Day LIVE Speakers from Luxembourg
Time is running fast! There’s officially only one month left until Asteroid Day 2017 and our live broadcast programme is taking clear forms. The schedule is set, the outline drafted, a studio set being built and most of the speakers confirmed. Here’s our rundown of whom you can expect during the 6 hours live from Luxembourg on June 30th from 12 – 6 PM (Berlin time / UTC+2). This line-up in addition to the many guests and speakers over the course of the 24-hour-live-broadcast during the other programme slots by our partners at ESA, JAXA, NASA, the University of Arizona and many others.
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May 31, 2017
This is What Happens When Galaxies Collide
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: computing, space
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ePJGYNCvzqU
Astrophysicist Paul Sutter details how galaxies collide, merge, and rip each other apart.
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May 31, 2017
NASA outlines Parker Solar Probe mission to ‘touch the sun’
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: space
May 31, 2017
NASA announces historic mission to finally ‘touch the sun’
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: physics, space
CHICAGO — NASA is revealing new details Wednesday about its first-ever mission to fly into the sun’s atmosphere.
The Solar Probe Plus will be the first spacecraft to fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere.
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May 29, 2017
For The First Time Ever, CRISPR Gene Editing Was Used in Humans. So What’s Next?
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics, space
- With Chinese scientists announcing that they have tested CRISPR on a human for the first time, the U.S. must decide soon whether it will be a leader or a follower in advancing the tech.
- While gene editing technology could be used in nefarious ways, it could also cure diseases and improve millions of lives, but we won’t know how effective it is until we begin human trials.
While the middle part of the 20th century saw the world’s superpowers racing to explore space, the first global competition of this century is being set in a much smaller arena: our DNA.
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