Sharper image: Optics instrument reveals pictures of 'baby planets'
With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might ...
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New telescope captures stunning images of baby planets
The Magellan Adaptive Optics Xtreme (MagAO-X) has provided some of the clearest images ever taken of planets forming around a ...
Scientists Uncover a Nearby Super-Earth That Could Unlock the Secrets of Alien Life
Earth, HD 20794 d, lies in a nearby planetary system and orbits within its star’s habitable zone. Its unusual elliptical orbit could impact its potential for life, making it a fascinating subject for ...
Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it
Like their predecessors in the 19th century, digital Luddites are fighting oppressive technology. Will they succeed?
High tech: How federal government helped birth Austin industry along with other essentials
While Austin's high tech industry was born in a former federal facility, the U.S. government has helped Austin and Texas ...
The modern era of low-flying satellites may begin this week
The idea of flying satellites in "very" low-Earth orbit is not new. Dating back to the dawn of the space age in the late 1950s, the first US spy satellites, as part of the Corona program, orbited the ...
Google’s New Tech Means Video Calls May Not Be the Death of Us After All
Google and HP are betting that Project Starline will usher in a new era of 3-D communications that doesn’t require a headset ...
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Scientists hone in on high-tech strategy to deal with gassy farm animals: 'Critical priority'
Iowa State University (ISU) and USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) researchers are teaming up using generative ...
These are the most earthquake-prone cities in the world
Jakarta is one of the largest cities in the world and one of the most earthquake-prone. It is located within the Pacific Ring ...
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NASA Installs Heat Shield on Private Spacecraft for Journey to Hunt Life on Venus
A company launching the world's first-ever private mission to Venus is getting ready with some help from NASA.
Scientists scorn EPA push to say climate change isn't a danger, say just look around
Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin has privately pushed the White House for a rewrite of the agency’s finding ...
In a reversal, plans for U.S. natural gas power grow, complicating progress on climate
In the U.S., the electric power sector is the second-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, according to government figures.