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Famous birthdays list for today, June 5, 2024 includes celebrities Brian McKnight, Pete Wentz
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 6 hours agoBrian McKnight and Pete Wentz share a birthday today. Check out our photo slideshow of celebrities...
A New Telescope Can Observe Even in Broad Daylight
Universe Today· 6 days agoLight from the Sun overwhelms any light from other stars, making it impractical for both professional and amateur astronomers to look at the stars during...
The North Star Has an Age-Defying Secret: Stellar Cannibalism
Scientific American· 5 days agoPolaris, the North Star, is one of the most famous stars in the sky, but it’s also quite an enigma....
Chip Stocks Are Rising. Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm Double Down on AI.
Barrons.com· 2 days ago(Nvidia names its chips after famous female scientists. Hopper honored the computing pioneer Grace...
Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an illusion caused by a 'jittery' star
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNew research shows that a planet spotted around the real-life star 40 Eridani A, famous for hosting...
Lord Kelvin and His Analog Computer
IEEE Spectrum· 3 days agoIn 1870, William Thomson, mourning the death of his wife and flush with cash from various patents related to the laying of the first transatlantic...
In Mexico's historic presidential election season it’s down to 2 women
NPR· 6 days agoPONIATOWSKA: I never - I didn't think that because, first of all, I had a mother - I'll show you her picture - who drove an ambulance in France during the war, and she had a Mexican
New Earth-Sized Planet Discovered Orbiting a Star That Will Live 100 Billion Years
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoResearchers using global robotic telescopes discovered an Earth-sized planet, SPECULOOS-3 b,...
Vulcan Vanishes: Real-Life Star Trek Planet Turns Out To Be Stellar Illusion
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoSpock’s fictional home planet, Vulcan, in the “Star Trek” universe – is really a kind of astronomical illusion caused by the pulses and jitters of the star itself. This is according to a new ...
How Do Telescopes Work? Astronomy's Most Indispensable Tool, Explained
ExtremeTech· 2 days agoAt least until Zephraim Cochrane invents the warp drive, our best shot is looking into the deep sky through telescopes. What Is a Telescope? A telescope is a device used to observe objects at ...