TESS discovers nine new "hot Jupiters"
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered nine new "hot Jupiter" exoplanets. One of the newly detected alien worlds is almost four times more massive than Jupiter. The finding was p.....»»
The shortest-period gas-giant exoplanet discovered with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international group of astronomers has detected a new, ultra-hot gas giant exoplanet with an extremely short orbital period. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-2109b is about five ti.....»»
VR helps parents visualise child"s surgery
Click discovers how VR helps parents decide whether to go through with surgery for their child......»»
No transits of Proxima Centauri planets in high-cadence TESS data
Our closest stellar neighbor is Proxima Centauri, an M-type (red dwarf) star located over 4.24 light-years away (part of the Alpha Centauri trinary system). In 2016, the astronomical community was astounded to learn that an Earth-like planet orbited.....»»
Astronomers discover a sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting nearby star
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a nearby M dwarf star. The newly found alien world, designated TOI-2257b is about two times larger than the.....»»
Twitter is Launching a Dedicated Crypto Team, Part of Its Push Toward Decentralization
Twitter is building a new division for "all things blockchain at Twitter," called Twitter Crypto, and has hired Tess Rinearson as the team's engineering lead to "set the strategy for the future of crypto at (and on) Twitter," the company said in a re.....»»
Weird weather: Metal rain and super-high temperatures on an ultra-hot exoplanet
Ultra-hot Jupiters—named as such because of their physical similarities to the planet Jupiter—are exoplanets that orbit stars other than the sun with temperatures so high that the molecules in their atmospheres are completely torn apart. They are.....»»
Team discovers evidence of prehistoric human activity in Falkland Islands
Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever set foot on the Falkland Islands. Findings from a new University of Maine-led study, however, s.....»»
Astronomers provide "field guide" to exoplanets known as hot Jupiters
Hot Jupiters—giant gas planets that race around their host stars in extremely tight orbits—have become a little bit less mysterious thanks to a new study combining theoretical modeling with observations by the Hubble Space Telescope......»»
Astronomers discover twin sub-Neptune exoplanets orbiting nearby star
By analyzing the data from the TESS-Keck Survey (TKS), an international team of astronomers reports the detection of two almost identically sized sub-Neptune exoplanets orbiting a nearby star. The newly found alien worlds, designated HD 63935 b and H.....»»
Israeli scuba diver discovers ancient Crusader sword
An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders......»»
New giant exoplanet detected with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new giant alien world. The newfound exoplanet, designated TOI-530b, is only about 17 percent smaller than Jupiter. The finding is reported.....»»
Team discovers a new approach to unveil the Origin of Life: Evaporation
What is the origin of life? It is a question that has consumed the work and time of scientists for centuries. Recently a group of researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has shed light on the possible ways forward to examine how living thi.....»»
Study Discovers Workers Maintained the Same Productivity With Shorter Work Weeks
Bloomberg reports: Even as the Covid-19 pandemic forced companies around the world to reimagine the workplace, researchers in Iceland were already conducting two trials of a shorter work week that involved about 2,500 workers — more than 1% of.....»»
Astronomers discover an inflated "hot Jupiter"
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new inflated, low-density "hot Jupiter" exoplanet. The newly found alien world, designated TIC 257060897b, is about 50 percent larger than Jupiter, but some 30 p.....»»
Team discovers invasive-native crayfish hybrids in Missouri
In a study of crayfish in the Current River in southeastern Missouri, researchers discovered—almost by chance—that the virile crayfish, Faxonius virilis, was interbreeding with a native crayfish, potentially altering the native's genetics, life h.....»»
Astronomer discovers that white dwarfs become magnetic as they get older
At least one 1 in 4 white dwarfs will end its life as a magnetic star. At the end of their life, most stars shrink in size to the dimension of a small planet, an object called a "white dwarf," a late stage of stellar evolution......»»
New warm mini-Neptune exoplanet detected by TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new warm mini-Neptune alien world transiting a bright M-dwarf star. The newly found exoplanet, designated TOI-1201b, is estimated to be abo.....»»
Free Guy review: Finally, an authentic gaming film—and it’s fun, not perfect
The film's gaming focus has a few issues, but Reynolds, Comer captivate as leads. Guy (Ryan Reynolds) discovers that things inside his world look a lot different when you have special sunglasse.....»»
Machine learning discovers new sequences to boost drug delivery
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disease usually diagnosed in young boys, gradually weakens muscles across the body until the heart or lungs fail. Symptoms often show up by age 5; as the disease progresses, patients lose the ability.....»»
Breakthrough in cell mechanics discovers abnormal embryo elongation and suggests possibilities for treatment
Fetal abnormalities are of concern to all prospective parents, and many of these problems originate from abnormalities in the development of the embryo particularly during its elongation and division......»»