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The Kepler Telescope Finds 219 Potential New Planets

June 22, 2017 by Jakob Nielsen Leave a Comment

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope

NASA enriches the list of potential new planets with 219 more candidates. From all these exoplanets discovered using the Kepler space telescope, 10 have characteristics similar to Earth, and might be suitable to host life. The Kepler space telescope discovered 2019 new possible planets. Some of the new candidates resemble Earth in size, but are […]

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Phytoplankton Turned the Black Sea Turquoise

June 16, 2017 by Jakob Nielsen Leave a Comment

Turquoise phytoplankton

A NASA satellite spotted an interesting phenomenon taking place in the Black Sea. The Aqua satellite discovered how the waters of the sea were colored in a strange but hypnotizing shade of turquoise. Scientists say these hues come from the presence of phytoplankton. Satellite images of the Black Sea surprised scientists with a bright turquoise […]

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Efforts Against Plastic Pollution on This Year’s World Oceans Day

June 10, 2017 by Jason Brusse Leave a Comment

Plastic pollution

Every year since 1992, on June 8th, we celebrate World Oceans Day and try to raise awareness on the importance of preserving marine ecosystems and preventing sea level rise. This year, many organizations made efforts to let people know how they can protect the oceans, with the main theme being solutions to plastic pollution. This […]

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NASA Finds New Moon Orbiting Snow White Dwarf Planet

May 22, 2017 by Jakob Nielsen Leave a Comment

Dwarf planet

NASA scientists made an amazing discovery within the boundaries of our solar system. By using Hubble Space Telescope, they discovered a moon orbiting around one of the dwarf planets in the system. Known as 2007 OR10, or Snow White, it represents the third largest cosmic object of the type found in our solar system. Researchers […]

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Researchers Use Fake Caterpillars to Analyze the Incidence of Predation

May 20, 2017 by Daniel Austin Leave a Comment

Caterpillar on a leaf

A team of international researchers wanted to study predation patterns in different areas of the world, so they decided to glue fake caterpillars on leaves and see what happened. These caterpillars made of clay would trick predators into biting them, and would leave teeth marks to help scientists identify various patterns. Researchers glued fake caterpillars […]

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Beyond Earth Offers Titan as a More Sensible Option for Human Colonization

May 15, 2017 by Kieron Robertson Leave a Comment

Saturn's moon Titan

The entire scientific world is currently debating on the best strategies for NASA’s future manned mission on Mars. However, a new book called Beyond Earth argues that setting up a human colony so close to Earth is much too challenging. Therefore, it suggests a different destination for a possible long-term human settlement: Titan, the biggest […]

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Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococci Appeared on Earth Before Dinosaurs

May 13, 2017 by Jakob Nielsen Leave a Comment

Enterococci

A team of scientists discovered that superbugs, also known as enterococci, had been present on Earth way long that we would have expected. They argued that antibiotic-resistant pathogens started evolving before dinosaurs, namely 450 million years ago. Also, they discovered why these life forms thrived in hospital environments. Enterococci cause serious infections in weakened people. […]

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Female Dragonflies Play Dead to Escape from Harassing Males

May 2, 2017 by Jakob Nielsen Leave a Comment

Female dragonfly

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich discovered an odd behavior among a species of dragonflies. Females that belong to the common hawker species (Aeshna juncea) play dead in front of males to avoid sexual harassment. Researchers developed a study on the subject, and it can be found online in the journal Ecology. […]

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High Number of Humpback Whales Died in 2016

April 30, 2017 by Jakob Nielsen Leave a Comment

A humpback whale

Last year, a high number of humpback whales had died. On April 27, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) opened up an investigation analyzing the large number of deaths among humpback whales from Maine to North Carolina. Researchers at the agency declared all these deaths represent a strange mortality event, being the first one […]

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