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Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

31 August 2017

Water on the planets nearest the TRAPPIST-1 star would be destroyed by UV radiation but it could survive on the cooler worlds in the habitable zone
We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

30 August 2017

Breakthrough Listen detected more radio pulses from the famous repeating source FRB 121102. They’re higher frequency than previous ones but we still don’t know what causes them

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