Science

Illuminate a path to find planet nine

[ad_1] The search for Planet Nine – a hypothetical ninth planet in our solar system – could eventually identify the faintest orbital trails in an incredibly dark corner of space. This is exactly what Yale astronomers Malena Rice and Gregory Laughlin are attempting with a technique that collects scattered light …

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The weak point of the assembly of the scourges

[ad_1] Electron microscope image of Caulobacter crescentus showing the two different daughter cells during cell division. Only one of the daughter cells hosts a flagellum (top right). Photo credit: UNIGE / VIOLLIER To build the machinery that bacteria can swim with, over 50 proteins must be put together in a …

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There will be a blue hunter moon this Halloween

[ad_1] Appropriately for the scariest night of the year, there will be something unusual in the sky this Halloween: a blue hunter’s moon. The moon will not (sadly) be blue, but it is the second full moon of the month, which makes it a blue moon (at least for some …

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Covid risk no longer increases when traveling abroad

[ad_1] Going abroad no longer increases the risk of contracting Covid-19, the latest formal data reveal. A survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that the infection rate among those who have traveled abroad in the past 30 days is roughly the same as that of people who …

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