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Illuminate a way to find planet nine

[ad_1] The search for planet nine – a hypothetical ninth planet in our solar system – could boil down to locating the faintest orbits in an incredibly dark corner of space. This is exactly what Yale astronomers Malena Rice and Gregory Laughlin are trying to do with a technique that …

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John Barrow’s Obituary | Science

[ad_1] Cosmologist John Barrow, who died at the age of 67 from colon and liver cancer, was a renowned popularizer of science. He combined mathematical and physical reasoning to increase our understanding of the very first moments of the universe. It did this by providing elegant mathematical characterizations of inflationary …

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Water found in sunlight and in the shadow of the moon

[ad_1] For most of the space age, the moon was considered a world without water. In recent years, however, an ongoing teardrop discovery has shown that at least parts of the moon – such as the large permanently shaded craters at its poles – contain significant water deposits. This week, …

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