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March 18, 2015

Milky Way may host billions of planets in 'habitable' zones: study
Paris (AFP) March 18, 2015
The Milky Way galaxy may be home to billions of planets orbiting their host stars in a "habitable zone" where life could theoretically exist, researchers said Wednesday. NASA's Kepler space telescope, launched in 2009 to search for so-called "exoplanets" outside our own solar system, has already found thousands - many of them in systems like our own with multiple planets orbiting a star. Using this data, researchers from the Australian National University and the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenha ... read more

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Severe solar storm may disrupt power, satellites A pair of solar eruptions over the weekend have unleashed a severe geomagnetic storm that could disrupt power and communications on Earth, US officials said Tuesday. ... more		How to watch total solar eclipse on Friday Though not as rare as they're made out to be, total solar eclipses don't come around all that often - only once every 18 months or so. So it's only natural to want to capture the astronomical phenomenon for posterity's sake, whether with a photograph or a mental image. ... more		From cancer-battling bacteria to life on Mars at TED Brilliant minds wrapped around heady notions ranging from injecting medicine by laser to cherishing life on Earth while seeking a future in the stars as the TED conference began Monday. ... more
				Moon crater named for aviator Amelia Earhart One of the largest craters on the moon was only recently discovered, thanks to the hard work of scientists at Purdue University. The crater's discovery was announced on Monday at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas. ... more		Expandable addition on ISS will gather data for future space habitats NASA and Bigelow Aerospace are preparing to launch an expandable habitat module to the International Space Station this year. The agency joined Bigelow Thursday at its Las Vegas facility to mark com ... more

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Russia, US May Sign New Deal to Send Astronauts to ISS Russia's space agency Roscosmos is likely to sign an agreement with NASA this fall on sending US astronauts to the International Space Station in 2018, Roscosmos said Monday. "The agreement on ... more		Desktop App has potential to increase asteroid detection A software application based on an algorithm created by a NASA challenge has the potential to increase the number of new asteroid discoveries by amateur astronomers. Analysis of images taken of our ... more		US Ukraine proposals 'not a real plan': Germany Russian says key city falls;. Missiles kill 10; Zelensky tries to revive peace efforts UK and MBDA announce major anti-drone laser contract		Astronomers to shed light on space discoveries to mark solar eclipse Space scientists at the University of Leicester will be taking part in a spectacular event to mark a rare astronomical phenomenon by demonstrating some of their out-of-this-world research - includin ... more
				Second natural quasicrystal found in ancient meteorite A team from Princeton University and the University of Florence in Italy has discovered a quasicrystal - so named because of its unorthodox arrangement of atoms - in a 4.5-billion-year-old meteori ... more		Awe and fear: Russian cosmonaut recalls mankind's first spacewalk Fifty years after Alexei Leonov carried out the first spacewalk he still vividly recalls the moment he emerged from the capsule to become the only human to have floated in the cosmos. ... more

Have a digital day -- new tech toys at German IT fair There's the intelligent yoga mat, the coffee flask that'll give you and your smartphone a jolt, and a super-smart dinosaur toy with his head in the cloud. ... more		New information may help understand earthquakes New modeling and analyses of fault geometry in the Earth's crust by geoscientist Michele Cooke and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are advancing knowledge about fault developme ... more		Study reveals why mysterious structures within Earth's mantle hold clues to life here Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use Boos, blowups and last-minute pause as a chaotic COP30 closes out		Frequency of tornadoes, hail linked to El Nino, La Nina Climate scientists can spot El Nino and La Nina conditions developing months ahead of time, and they use this knowledge to make more accurate forecasts of droughts, flooding and even hurricane activ ... more
Iron-oxidizing bacteria found along Mid-Atlantic Ridge Bacteria that live on iron were found for the first time at three well-known vent sites along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, one of the longest undersea mountain ranges in the world. Scientists repor ... more		Optical fibers light the way for brain-like computing Computers that function like the human brain could soon become a reality thanks to new research using optical fibres made of speciality glass. The research, published in Advanced Optical Materials, ... more		Molecule-making machine simplifies complex chemistry A new molecule-making machine could do for chemistry what 3-D printing did for engineering: Make it fast, flexible and accessible to anyone. Chemists at the University of Illinois, led by chemistry ... more		Engineers create chameleon-like artificial 'skin' that shifts color on demand Borrowing a trick from nature, engineers from the University of California at Berkeley have created an incredibly thin, chameleon-like material that can be made to change color - on demand - by simp ... more

	Squeezing out new science from material interfaces With more than five times the thermal conductivity of copper, diamond is the ultimate heat spreader. But the slow rate of heat flow into diamond from other materials limits its use in practice. In p ... more		Polymers designed for protection Today's soldiers rely on polymers as part of their protective systems. Polymers are molecular chains that can vary from a few linked monomers to millions of chemical units. With highly tunable prope ... more

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