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Astronomers find 18 more Earth-sized exoplanets in Kepler data
A new survey algorithm – called Transit Least-Squares – has just caused the number of known, rocky, Earth-sized worlds orbiting distant stars to grow again, as astronomers add another 18 exoplanets to the list. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/18-more-earth-sized-exoplanets-found-in-kepler-data…
Tiny dips in star brightnesses reveal 3 exocomets
It’s amazing we can detect comets in distant solar systems at all! These are the first 3 exocomets found in data gathered by TESS, NASA’s newest planet-hunter. The comets orbit the famous star Beta Pictoris. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/3-exocomets-famous-star-beta-pictoris…
The fossil finder extraordinaire who’s rewriting human evolution
Lee Berger’s stunning discoveries of huge caches of ancient bones are overturning ideas about our origins, but not everyone likes his methods Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23531450-300-the-fossil-finder-extraordinaire-whos-rewriting-human-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…