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Profile of John Kovac, whose team appears to have confirmed that the universe underwent an enormous growth spurt during the first tiny fraction of a second of its existence

Profile of John Kovac, whose team appears to have confirmed that the universe underwent an enormous growth spurt during the first tiny fraction of a second of its existence

Donated Spy Satellite to Help NASA Find Exoplanets [Nature]

Although NASA is used to making the most of limited resources, it isn’t used to making the most of spy satellites. That’s about to change, as the National Reconnaissance Office donated two spy satellites to NASA, which will modify their spy technology to aid in the hunt for exoplanets. In my latest Nature article, Fresh bid to see exo-Earths, the latest developments about the satellites and general hunt for exo-planets are detailed.

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(SCOOP) M Dwarfs Particularly Promising for Life-hosting Planets [Nature]

A pair of just-released statistical studies of the universe suggest numerous habitable planets exist in our Galaxy, with one study suggesting a life-friendly planet within 20 light years of our Solar System. From my Nature article, Small stars host droves of life-friendly worlds, that broke news of this latter study, which used data from NASA’s Kepler telescope

Credit: Dana Berry/NASA Kepler Mission
Credit: Dana Berry/NASA Kepler Mission

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