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A nearby “super-Earth” exoplanet was recently discovered just 137 light-years away from Earth, prompting scientists to dig deeper into if it has the conditions to sustain life, NASA announced. The planet, dubbed TOI-715 b, is about one and a half times as wide as Earth and orbits within a conservative “habitable zone” around its parent… […]
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Astronomers Hunting for Water on Exoplanet Cloud Tops
September 24th, 2020 
Awake Goy University of Warwick astronomers have shown that water vapour can potentially be detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets by peering literally over the tops of their impenetrable clouds. By applying the technique to models based upon known exoplanets with clouds the team has demonstrated in principle that high resolution spectroscopy can be used to examine […]
Hubble spots pitch-black exoplanet so hot it ‘eats light’ from nearby star
September 16th, 2017 Awake Goy An international team of astronomers from McGill University, Canada and the University of Exeter, UK measured how much light is reflected by the exoplanet, otherwise known as its ‘albedo,’ in order to better understand the chemical makeup of the planet’s atmosphere. Only the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is […]
Neptune-Like Exoplanet Spotted That Has A Watery Atmosphere
May 18th, 2017 Awake Goy In our solar system, we have four gas giants, which are large planets composed mostly of gases and containing small, rocky cores. These include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. But that’s not where the concept of gas giants ends. Though scientists have come to learn various things about each one, recent observations have led them to believe […]
China cancer villages caused by same heavy metal once sprayed on US crops
June 6th, 2016 Awake Goy (NaturalNews) Folks unfortunate enough to live in so-called “cancer villages” throughout China are turning up ill as a result of perpetual exposure to arsenic, indicate new reports. Industrial pollution from years of chemical mining have poisoned entire villages, leaving residents stricken with everything from skin lesions to cancer. One such resident is Xiong […]
Why we can’t have nice things: American cops now steal more property than all US burglars combined
November 19th, 2015 Awake Goy For decades now, federal government and their cohorts in law enforcement have been carrying out theft of the citizenry on a massive scale. We’re not talking about taxes, but an insidious power known as Civil Asset Forfeiture (CAF). The 1980’s-era laws were designed to drain resources from powerful criminal organizations, but CAF has become […]
Breeding flexibility helps migratory songbirds adjust to climate warming
November 12th, 2015 Awake Goy Most animals reproduce by laying eggs. As the embryo develops, its feeds on the egg yolk. No egg yolk, no offspring, then? Not always. Biologists from KU Leuven, Belgium, have discovered an exception to the rule: the eggs … Source Article from http://phys.org/news/2015-11-flexibility-migratory-songbirds-adjust-climate.html
Suomi NPP satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Chapala developing an eye
October 29th, 2015 Awake Goy NASA’s TIMED mission, short for Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics, has confirmed a surprisingly fast carbon dioxide increase in Earth’s upper atmosphere, raising questions about how different layers … Source Article from http://phys.org/news/2015-10-suomi-npp-satellite-tropical-cyclone.html
