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Astronomers are enlisting AI to prepare for a data downpour
Technology Review· 6 days agoAs astronomers construct giant cameras to image the entire sky and launch infrared telescopes to...
Stars give tiny planets a gravitational 'squeeze' to strip away their atmospheres
SPACE.com· 5 days agoA scientist has learned more about the violent processes that rip atmospheres away from planets,...
What Is Matter? Matter vs. Mass, Explained
ExtremeTech· 6 days agoMass is an intrinsic property whose base SI unit is the kilogram (kg). Volume is an extrinsic property—that is, a property or characteristic that depends on sample size—which describes a region ...
The Habitable Worlds Observatory Could See Lunar and Solar 'Exo-Eclipses'
Universe Today· 5 days agoA future space observatory could use exo-eclipses to tease out exomoon populations. If you’re like...
The habitable worlds observatory could see lunar and solar 'exo-eclipses'
Phys.org· 4 days agoIf you're like us, you're still coming down from the celestial euphoria that was last month's total...
Scientists find Earth-sized planet. It's orbiting a fascinating star.
Mashable· 5 days agoThe exoplanet, which receives much more solar radiation than Earth and is unlikely to harbor liquid water, orbits the most long-lived type of star, called an "ultra-cool red dwarf." Red dwarf ...
NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets
NASA· 5 days agoThe Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help pave the way in the search for habitable worlds outside our solar...
Oklahoma bestsellers for May 19, 2024
Tulsa World· 7 days ago“Sabrina & Corina: Stories” by Kali Fajardo-Anstine tops the fiction chart this week.
New evidence for Planet 9 at the fringes of our solar system
EarthSky· 7 days agoThe case is growing that a Neptune-sized planet – Planet 9 – hides deep in the outskirts of our...
Peter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell News Service· 2 days agoPeter John Loewen, director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University...