Earth is not alone… there’s another blue planet.
Astronomers making visible-light observations with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual color of a planet orbiting another star
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Computing With Quantum Cats by John Gribbin (book review).
My first impression from the title. ‘Computing With Quantum Cats’ was that author John Gribbin was going to be discussing
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The Turbulent Universe by Paul Kurtz (book review).
‘The Turbulent Universe’ is the final book by philosopher Paul Kurtz, who died in 2012. In many respects, the first
Read MoreNASA versus asteroids. Can humanity survive?
NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do
Read MoreBlack Hole bonanza in Galaxy next door.
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy,
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Planets of Proxima.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope will have two opportunities in the next few years to hunt for Earth-sized planets around the
Read MoreBad news for Mars colonists – expect to be nuked.
Measurements taken by NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission as it delivered the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012 are
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The Marvellous Learning Animal: What Makes Human Nature Unique by Arthur W.Straats (book review).
I have to confess that when I started reading Arthur W. Straats’ book, ‘The Marvellous Learning Animal: What Makes Human
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Neutron star is full of secrets…
Astronomers using NASA’s Swift X-ray Telescope have observed a spinning neutron star suddenly slowing down, yielding clues they can use
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NASA Mars Rover 1997-2013 (Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity And Curiosity) Owners’ Workshop Manual by David Baker (book review).
Oddly, considering how close, relatively speaking, Mars is to Earth, the proportion of speculation as to what was there to
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