Astronomy

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Hunt for Alien Life Tops Next-Gen Wish List for U.S. Astronomy

Scientific American 04 Nov 2021

A major report outlining the highest priorities and recommendations for U.S. astronomy has finally been released, revealing the shape of things to come. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... .

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Search for life on other worlds tops astronomy to-do list

Colorado Springs Gazette 04 Nov 2021

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. survey of astronomers puts the search for extraterrestrial life at the top of their to-do list for the next 10 years ....

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Astronomy's Search for Other Earths Is Intensifying

TheNewsHOOK 04 Nov 2021

Astronomy's Search for Other Earths Is Intensifying ....

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Astronomy: Say hello to Algol’s new companion star candidates

Science Daily 04 Nov 2021

Astronomers have analyzed observations of Algol. They argue that Algol has many companion stars which have not been detected from earlier observations.  ... .

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Pakistan Science Club to hold Family Astronomy night and Telescope making workshop for kids

Urdu Point 04 Nov 2021

Pakistan Science Club (PSC) is organizing a worth learning astronomy night in collaboration with the Dreamworld for families on November 13. ISLAMABAD, Nov 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Nov, 2021 ) .Pakistan Science Club (PSC) is organizing a worth learning astronomy night in collaboration with the Dreamworld for families on November 13.

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Chairs Johnson, Beyer, and Stevens Statement on Release of Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 (US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology)

Public Technologies 04 Nov 2021

) November 04, 2021 Chairs Johnson, Beyer, and Stevens Statement on Release of Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 ... "Our nation's astronomy and astrophysics programs are our eyes and ears to the Universe and a gateway for attracting the next generation into STEM careers," said Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX).

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November Skies

El Defensor Chieftain 04 Nov 2021

Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club. We lead off this month with an exciting event that will be visible to all of us in North America. The event will be a partial, but almost complete, lunar eclipse spanning the night of November 18/19 ... MST on the 19th. The maximum will occur at 2.03 a.m. MST on the 19th ... At 2 a.m ... New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club ... .

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Elon Musk’s Extraterrestrial Capitalism

New York Times 04 Nov 2021

Billionaires, having read stories of world-building as boys, are now rich enough, as men, to build worlds. The rest of us are trapped in them ... .

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Scientists confirm barrier between inner and outer regions of the young solar system

Technology Org 04 Nov 2021

By analyzing the composition of ancient meteorites, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, identified evidence of a barrier between the inner and outer regions of the solar system as planets emerged from the dust and gas orbiting the sun ... Image credit. Rrinsindika ... Source. NSF ....

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Astronomers investigating death of nearby galaxies find their culprit

Technology Org 04 Nov 2021

Image credit. ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Dagnello (NRAO) ... “The nearby Virgo Cluster is seven million light-years across and contains thousands of galaxies hurtling through superheated plasma at speeds of up to several million kilometers-per-hour,” said co-author of the study Dr Tim Davis, from Cardiff University’s School of Physics and Astronomy ... Source.

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Mining the moon's water will require a massive infrastructure investment, but should we do it?

Space 04 Nov 2021

We live in a world in which momentous decisions are made by people often without forethought ....

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Massive comet exploding over Chile 12,000 years ago may have created strange glassy rocks

Space 04 Nov 2021

Be grateful you weren't in what is now Chile's Atacama Desert 12,000 years ago ....

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Here's how to see Uranus at its brightest in the sky

Space 04 Nov 2021

The distant planet is about to reach opposition, and with the right equipment you'll be able to spot it ....

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China's hypersonic weapon test no cause for panic, experts say

Space 04 Nov 2021

China's mysterious recent space-tech test is not a sign that the sky is falling ....

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Enormous 'shipyard' of ancient galaxies discovered 11 billion light-years away

Space 04 Nov 2021

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a massive protocluster 11 billion light-years away that acts as an assembly yard for over 60 emerging galaxies ....