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Pink Supermoon In April Will Be The Biggest Full Moon Of The Year

In the night between the 7th and the 8th of April, the Moon will be at its fullest in the so-called Pink Supermoon. It will be the biggest full Moon of the year. But that’s no reason to geta out…

March 31, 2020 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

COVID-19 Isolation — Altruism And Purpose Can Help You Psychologically

Make no mistake! Being quarantined due to COVID-19 feels like going to prison. Unlike people staying in Isolation on their choice so that they protect themselves and the others, those in quarantine don’t share the same feelings. They are suspects…

March 31, 2020 ·by Asheley Rice· 0

New Chinese Spacecraft Could Dock With The ISS

Chinese experts are hard at work on the development of a new spacecraft that will be tested in the following months, and it appears that it will include new technology that should allow it to dock with the International Space…

March 31, 2020 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

Airbus Had Successfully Completed Its Part in the CHEOPS Mission

CHEOPS is the acronym for Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite. It has the mission to gather data of the mass, density, composition and the formation of known extrasolar planets. It has 500 separate target pointings and is expected to fulfill its mission…

March 30, 2020 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

New Species of Feathered Raptor Found in New Mexico – 60 Million Years Ago

When dinosaurs had been roaming the surface of Earth until 60 million years ago, there was no human around. But luckily, many ancient fossils were discovered by archeologists, and thus people were able to understand what forms of life existed…

March 30, 2020 ·by Asheley Rice· 0

Study: Can Bosons Behave Like Fermions?

Researchers from Penn State used a tool to create an array of ultra-cold one-dimensional gases, which are made of atoms. The atoms are bosons, meaning all of their particles can be sorted. Bosons and fermions are quite different. But when…

March 29, 2020 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Most Massive Known Explosion Since The Big Bang Has Occurred In The Ophiuchus Supercluster

The word known plays a big role in the sentence. We can only make accurate observations about what happens in the Universe from less than a second ago if were to compare the time we’ve been doing it with the…

March 29, 2020 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Keto Diet Is Popular, But It Comes With Some Risks

In recent years the keto diet has become quite popular among people who wish to lose weight by lowering the intake of carbs and boosting the consumption of fats. However, some risks should be taken into account if you decide…

March 29, 2020 ·by Asheley Rice· 0

Baby Planets Cause Gaps In Protoplanetary Disks Around Young Stars

Looking at 18 young stars and their remaining protoplanetary disks, lead author Christophe Pinte of Monash University, Australia, and the University of Grenoble Alpes, found what he believes is evidence that newly formed baby planets cause the gaps in the…

March 29, 2020 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

World Premiere: Uranus is Leaking Material into Space

Uranus is by far a pretty peculiar planet of our solar system, contributing to the unicity of the planets that exist in our vicinity. With 27 discovered moons orbiting around it, composed almost only of ice, and having rings similar…

March 28, 2020 ·by Asheley Rice· 0