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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

New Planet-Hunting Tools Seek out Alien Earths

Red dwarfs, or M dwarfs, are the most tempting places to seek alien Earths because they're the most abundant and enduring stars. They make up the majority of the stars in the Milky Way and shine with a slow thermonuclear simmer that should allow them to live exponentially longer than mosteven, say, for 14 trillion years, or 1,000 times the current age of the universe.
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fromEngadget
4 months ago

NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has begun its mission to map the entire sky in 3D

SPHEREx has begun capturing images to enhance our understanding of the early universe through comprehensive infrared observations.
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