Astronomers spot 'planet-eating' star similar to our sun
December 18, 2016 —As the latest Star Wars installment draws crowds to movie theaters this weekend, scientists are talking about a real Death Star, of sorts, about 300 light-years away.Using a 3.6-meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, a team of researchers have been studying a star very similar to our sun. But unlike our friendly neighborhood star, however, this one is known to have destroyed some of its own planets, in a possible preview of what the future might hold for some p..>> view originalSeattle Audubon to hold Christmas Bird Count
Seattle Audubon Christmas Bird Count is Dec. 31, and there are two ways to participate. Seattle Audubon’ invites anyone interested in birds to join in the Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 31. It’s part of the National Audubon Society’s annual project to track the state of North American birds. Seattle’s first count was in 1908 with one participant recording nine bird species; more than 120 species are now regularly tallied at the daylong event. This year’s count covers a 15-mile-diameter circle ce..>> view originalMysterious ghost shark captured on camera for the first time
(c) 2016, The Washington Post. Like its Greek mythological namesake, the chimaera - or "ghost shark" - is a mysterious, rarely seen creature with a patchwork of bizarre features. Dwelling in the depths of the ocean, its eyes are pale and seemingly dead. Where teeth should be, the ghost shark uses tooth plates instead to grind food. Their heads are lined with cryptic dots, like the remnant scars of ancient stitches. Male chimaeras have retractable sex organs - on their foreheads. Its other nickn..>> view originalClimate scientist bracing for 'onslaught of intimidation' under Trump
Climate scientist who got death threats says he fears more attacks under Trump Climate scientist Michael Mann attends the New York screening of an HBO climate change documentary on June 21, 2016.Image: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for HBO By Maria Gallucci2016-12-18 17:14:27 UTC U.S. climate scientists say they worry the incoming Trump administration might do more than cut off their research funding. Some also fear they could receive personal attacks and death threats simply for doing their ..>> view originalNASA insiders wonder if Trump will advance plans to send humans to the Red Planet
Two weeks after a presidential election that could have vaulted him to the head of NASA, John Grunsfeld reached across his peanut curry at a small restaurant on the far west side of Manhattan, grabbed my notebook and sketched out a plan for a trip to Mars. Grunsfeld, astronomer, astronaut and former associate administrator of NASA, was in town to promote a National Geographic TV series about Martian exploration. On his shirt was a picture of a space shuttle and the Hubble Space Telescope. We’ve..>> view originalNASA Will Try Find 'Star Wars' Like Planets In Search For Alien Life
There are only eight planets in our solar system, including Earth, but in the 20 years since humans first detected a planet outside our celestial neighborhood, over 3,400 exoplanets have already been discovered. And given the immense and ever-increasing vastness of the Universe, the number of planets that exist in it is likely to be as innumerable as the number of stars.Given the sheer number, it is also entirely possible that some of those planets resemble very closely the depictions of other w..>> view original
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