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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.
Astronomers identify trick to root out false-positives in the search for life
Posted in Science on 6th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Scenarios in which the detection of oxygen in the atmosphere of exoplanets would not represent the presence of extraterrestrial life.
Great tilt gave Mars a new face
Posted in Science on 4th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Mars hasn't always looked like it does today. Some 3 to 3.5 billion years ago, the planet underwent a huge tilt.
Einsteins Gravitational Waves Detected For The First Time
Posted in Featured, Science on 12th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Gravitational waves are created when masses accelerate. The gravitational wave signal detected matches the exact signal expected from two merging black holes.
Moon formed by a head-on collision between Earth and young planet
Posted in Science on 31st Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
The moon was formed by a collision between the Earth and a "planetary embryo" called Theia approximately 100 million years after the Earth formed.