Hard Science
The Search for Life: New Tech Opens a Universe of Alien Worlds
Welcome to the new age in the hunt for extraterrestrial life.
December 7, 2016
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NASA’s James Webb Telescope Could Detect a Bumblebee on The Moon
NASA is finally ready to replace the Hubble.
November 12, 2016
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Into the Abyss: Astronomers Are Trying To “See” a Black Hole for the First Time Ever
And they're using a team of nine telescopes just to do it.
November 10, 2016
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The Quest For Life Beyond Earth: The World’s Largest Radio Telescope Just Went Online
This behemoth will help search the cosmos for signs of life.
September 26, 2016
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The Telescope That Spans Continents
This telescope is 10 times as sensitive as any other.
September 17, 2016
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Hubble Just Got a Look at the Crab Nebula’s ‘Beating Heart’
The inner region sends out clock-like pulses of radiation and waves of charged particles embedded in magnetic fields.
July 12, 2016
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New Molecular Discovery Could Help Us Determine How Life Was Formed
Scientists discover a complex molecule in deep space that could help understand the origins of life and the possibilities of life elsewhere in the universe.
June 18, 2016
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James Webb Space Telescope: A Telescope That Can Look Back 13.5 Billion Years In Time
Known as Hubble's successor, it uses 18 mirror segments to collect light from galaxies billions of light years away.
April 24, 2016
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