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Scientists discover dozens of possible planets that could be cool enough for life | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have discovered 85 possible planets outside our solar system with temperatures that could be cool enough for life. These exoplanet candidates are similar in size to Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune, and were discovered using data from NASA‘s Transitioning Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TESS enables scientists to observe dips in the brightness of stars, known…
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Blood sugar monitors are ‘life savers’ for diabetics – but can they help everyone else too? | UK News
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Wearable blood sugar monitors have been life-saving for people with diabetes. Now, some companies are trying to repurpose them as a health tool for everyone. The growth in popularity of the monitors among people without the condition has accelerated in recent years. Zoe, a company selling the monitors in the UK, had more than 200,000…
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4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on Earth | Science & Tech News
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Samples of a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on the planet. The teaspoon-sized specimen, taken from asteroid Bennu, is being examined by scientists at the Natural History Museum (NHM). The black dust-like sample could help shed light on some of the biggest questions about how Earth was formed. It could hold…
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Started from the bottom, now I’m here: How a sea worm’s butt swims away to start life of its own | Science & Tech News
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When living your best life just isn’t enough, why not live two? That’s the ethos of the Japanese green syllid worm, which scientists have found is able to detach its backend to embark on its own underwater adventures. In a process called stolonisation (which sounds like a Christmas diet), the bottom end of these worms…
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Girl with ‘one in a billion’ condition meets stem cell donor who saved her life | UK News
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The excitement of the Gardella family was palpable as they waited in the arrivals hall at Birmingham Airport for someone they’d never met before but who already meant so much to them. Finally, they spotted a middle-aged woman wearing an oversized hoodie amongst the passengers arriving from Dusseldorf. The family instantly recognised Dana Ernst-Behme from…
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NASA launches mission to Psyche metal asteroid to discover how life on Earth formed | Science & Tech News
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NASA has launched a mission to a rare asteroid covered in metal that is two billion miles (3.6bn km) and six years’ travel time away from Earth. Scientists hope exploring the Psyche asteroid will help them understand more about how Earth formed and what makes it habitable. Lead scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton, of Arizona State University,…
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NASA reveals ‘incredible’ findings from asteroid that could explain origins of life on Earth | Science & Tech News
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NASA has revealed its “incredible” findings from a sample that was scooped up from the surface of an asteroid and delivered to Earth by spacecraft. The sample, ancient black dust and chunks, was collected from the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu, almost 60 million miles away. It is the largest ever returned to Earth. NASA‘s Osiris-Rex…
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Why NASA report is significant – and what it means for search for extraterrestrial life | Science & Tech News
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If you believe there are UFOs skimming over rooftops, or alien remains stored in secret storerooms in the New Mexico desert, today’s NASA briefing wasn’t for you. But in terms of how governments and scientists manage the public fascination with extraterrestrials, today’s report from NASA is a significant one. Scientists release findings on ‘UAPs’ –…
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Distant exoplanet K2-18 b ‘could have water ocean and signs of life’, scientists say | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s James Webb Telescope has detected carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b, a potentially habitable world more than eight times the size of Earth. The ground-breaking discovery has led astronomers to consider the possibility that K2-18 b may belong to a unique class of exoplanets known as “Hycean” planets, which…
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NASA’s Mars rover finds surprising mud cracks that hint planet once supported life | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has made a surprising discovery that may have cracked how the red planet once supported life. The car-sized robot, which touched down on the surface back in 2012, found an array of well-preserved ancient mud cracks suggestive of past wet and dry seasons. It’s long been theorised that persistent Earth-like weather…