Tuesday 19 January 2016

Prepare for a Celestial Spectacle as Five Planets Align

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For the first time in more than a decade, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter will be simultaneously visible to the naked eye.










via New York Times

Nearing the limits of life on Earth

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Scientists are looking for life in an area of Antarctica that is thought to be the place on Earth that most closely resembles the permafrost found in the northern polar region of Mars, at the Phoenix landing site. The scientists failed to find any active microbes, suggesting it will be unlikely and difficult to detect similar activity on Mars.
via Science Daily
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Watching electrons cool in 30 quadrillionths of a second

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Scientists have developed a new way of seeing electrons cool off in an extremely short time period.
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How mold on space station flowers is helping get us to Mars

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What may seem like a failure in systems is actually an exceptional opportunity for scientists back on Earth to better understand how plants grow in microgravity.
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Graphene oxide 'paper' changes with strain

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The same slip-and-stick mechanism that leads to earthquakes is at work on the molecular level, where it determines the shear plasticity of nanoscale materials, report scientists. Plasticity is the ability of a material to permanently deform when strained. The researchers, thinking about future things like flexible electronics, decided to see how graphene oxide "paper" would handle shear strain, in which the sheets are pulled by the ends.
via Science Daily

A Dark Sand Dune on Mars

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