The United States Navy is liable for a mass copyright infringement. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with the German software company Bitmanagement, which accused the Navy of copying software without permission. Bitmanagement claimed more than $500 million in damages, but the final amount has yet to be determined. From a report: The dispute started when the US…
Tag: Planet 9
Citizen scientists discover companion star of APMPM J2036-4936
A low-mass companion to a distant star known as APMPM J2036-4936 has been recently detected as part of the citizen science project Backyard Worlds: Planet 9. The finding of the star, which received designation CWISE J203546.35-493611.0, was detailed in a paper published February 4 on the arXiv pre-print repository. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-citizen-scientists-companion-star-apmpm.html…
Citizen scientists contribute to 3-D map of cosmic neighborhood
Scientists tapped into the worldwide network of volunteers using Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 to map dozens of new brown dwarfs, or balls gas not heavy enough to be stars. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-citizen-scientists-contribute-d-cosmic.html…
Astronomers find new way to hunt the elusive Planet 9
Astronomers are vetting a technique that could aid the hunt for Planet Nine, which some researchers think lurks undiscovered in the far outer system, way beyond Pluto’s orbit. Source: https://www.livescience.com/new-search-for-planet-nine.html
95 new cool brown dwarfs in the sun’s neighborhood
A group of citizen scientists working with a NASA citizen science project called Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 has discovered 95 new brown dwarfs in the sun’s nearby neighborhood. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/brown-dwarfs-cosmic-neighborhood-backyard-worlds-citizen-scientists…
Volunteers Spot Almost 100 Cold Brown Dwarfs Near Our Sun
Citizen scientists have spotted almost 100 of our sun’s nearest neighbors. Space.com reports: In a new study, members of the public — including both professional scientists and volunteers — discovered 95 brown dwarfs (celestial objects too big to be considered planets and too small to be considered stars) near our sun through the NASA-funded citizen science project Backyard Worlds: Planet 9….
100 cool worlds found near the Sun
How complete is our census of the Sun’s closest neighbors? Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have discovered roughly 100 cool worlds near the Sun—objects more massive than planets but lighter than stars, known as brown dwarfs. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-08-cool-worlds-sun.html…
Citizen scientists discover dozens of brown dwarfs
How complete is our census of the Sun’s closest neighbors? Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have discovered roughly 100 cool worlds near the Sun—objects more massive than planets but lighter than stars, known as brown dwarfs. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-08-cool-worlds-sun.html…
Could theorized Planet 9 be a primordial black hole? Researchers propose method to find out
There are eight classical planets in our solar system, from speedy Mercury to distant Neptune. There are also numerous dwarf planets, such as Pluto and Ceres. While we continue to find more dwarf planets, there are some hints that another large planet could lurk far beyond Neptune. This Planet Nine is thought to be a “super-Earth,” about five times the mass…
Renowned string theorist proposes new way to hunt our solar system’s mysterious ‘Planet 9’
A new paper by physicist Edward Witten proposes hunting Planet 9 using a fleet of laser-launched probes like Breakthrough Starshots’. Source: https://www.livescience.com/planet-9-laser-breakthrough-starshot-ed-witten.html