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New nano drum lets astronomers listen into the cosmic beat of the Big Bang

2014-03-12 16:14:02| Extremetech

A new radio signal detector could do away with the need for bulky helium cooling systems and allow us to listen in on the faintest signals in the universe.

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Astronomers discover water vapor on nearby alien planet

2014-02-26 17:11:44| Extremetech

The more advanced our space exploration technology becomes, the more radical things we find floating in the void of space. We've found a planet made of diamond, and a ones that have diamond rain. Astronomers have discovered that Mars once had falling snow, and that certain asteroids travel with their own moons. Now, astronomers have found that an alien planet has water vapor in its atmosphere, and it also happens to be one of the first exoplanets ever discovered.

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Astronomers identify 12 asteroids we could easily mine for valuable resources

2013-08-12 21:31:44| Extremetech

The age of asteroid mining could be close at hand. Researchers discover 12 objects that could be captured with today's technology.

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Astronomers estimate 100 billion habitable Earth-like planets in the Milky Way, 50 sextillion in the universe

2013-04-04 16:23:22| Extremetech

Astronomers at the University of Auckland claim that there are actually around 100 billion habitable, Earth-like planets in the Milky Way. There are roughly 500 billion galaxies in the universe, meaning there is somewhere in the region of 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 habitable planets. I'll leave you to do the math on whether one of those 50 sextillion planets has the right conditions for nurturing life or not.

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