Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA Discovers Mini-Neptune in Binary Star System

NASA Discovers Mini-Neptune in Binary Star System

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has made a remarkable discovery: a rare mini-Neptune exoplanet located within a double star system. This ...

May’s Auroras May Have Been Strongest For 500 Years, Says NASA

May’s Auroras May Have Been Strongest For 500 Years, Says NASA

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

10 May 2024, Brandenburg, Falkenhagen: Light green and slightly reddish auroras glow in the night … [+] sky in the district of ...

Neutrons open window to explore space glass

Neutrons open window to explore space glass

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s ...

NASA Wants To Use The Sun As A Giant Telescope To View The Surface Of Alien Planets

NASA Wants To Use The Sun As A Giant Telescope To View The Surface Of Alien Planets

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

In 1936, Albert Einstein published what he described as a “little calculation”, showing how the Sun could one day be used as ...

Satellites Reveal “Vigorous Melting” Beneath Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Satellites Reveal “Vigorous Melting” Beneath Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A team led by glaciologists at UC Irvine used satellite radar data to reconstruct the impact of warm ocean water surging in ...

Costly gas separation may not be needed to recycle CO₂ from air and industrial plants

Costly gas separation may not be needed to recycle CO₂ from air and industrial plants

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s ...

Scientists just dug up a new dinosaur—with tinier arms than a T.Rex

Scientists just dug up a new dinosaur—with tinier arms than a T.Rex

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

“When we prepared the concretion at the lab, we found the entire back end of Koleken was preserved in perfect articulation,” Pol ...

The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely

The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on the eve of the first crew launch attempt earlier this month. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via ...

Dark matter: New detector will look for “ultra-light” particles

Dark matter: New detector will look for “ultra-light” particles

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Astronomers have a problem. Stars and galaxies dance to an unexpected tune, their motion seemingly governed by six times the matter that ...

New memory device bears rock melting heat, retains data at 1,112°F

New memory device bears rock melting heat, retains data at 1,112°F

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) have developed a new heat-proof memory device that can operate at temperatures as high as ...