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2015-05-06 Zimbabwe Science


Los Angeles Times
   
New record! Astronomers nail down distance to the earliest galaxy yet   
Los Angeles Times
A team of astronomers peering deep into the heavens has discovered the earliest, most distant galaxy yet, spotted a record-breaking 670 million years from the big bang. The findings, described in Astrophysical Journal Letters, reveal a surprisingly active, ...

Astronomers Measure Distance to Farthest Galaxy Yet   New York Times
Astronomers find most distant galaxy ever   CBS News
Astronomers unveil the farthest galaxy   Phys.Org

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Christian Science Monitor
   
SpaceX to test space crew capsule safety system   
USA TODAY
CAPE CANAVERAL — At 9 a.m. ET Wednesday, if weather cooperates and all systems are "go," a prototype Dragon capsule will fire eight SuperDraco engines to launch from a stand at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, testing a system critical to the safety of ...

SpaceX capsule with emergency escape system to be tested   The Space Reporter
Space firm to test 'eject button' for astronauts   Hong Kong Standard
SpaceX targeting 9 am pad abort test   Florida Today
Business Insider   
International Business Times   
Popular Science   
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TIME
   
Oldest Known Ancestor of Modern Birds Is Discovered   
TIME
Scientists said in a paper published Tuesday that a newly discovered species is the oldest known relative of living birds. The Archaeornithura meemannae lived roughly 130.7 million years ago in northeastern China, about 6 million years before the previously ...

Oldest Known Ancestor of Modern Birds Discovered in China   Yibada (English Edition)
Early bird winds back the avian clock   ABC Science Online
Scientists find the oldest relative of modern birds   Chicago Daily Herald
Washington Post   
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NBCNews.com
   
So What Causes a Meteor Shower?   
NBCNews.com
If you do catch sight of the meteor shower, keep in mind that you'll likely be seeing the incandescent streaks produced by material that originated from the nucleus of Halley's Comet. When these tiny bits of comet collide with Earth, friction with our atmosphere ...

Meteor shower visible in parts of Michigan   MLive.com
Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks tonight: Watch it live, right here   Los Angeles Times
Watch the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower   TIME
Syracuse.com   
Christian Post   
Space.com   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
NASA records 'alien sounds' above Earth   
Economic Times
NEW YORK: Ultra-sensitive microphones aboard a NASA student balloon, floating at the edge of space has captured infrasonic sounds whose source has not been ascertained as yet. Theories for the sounds range from wind in the balloon's path, to ocean ...

'X-Files' sounds recorded above Earth baffle scientists   9news.com.au
Mysterious 'X-File' Sounds Recorded 22 Miles Above Earth   Carbonated.tv (blog)
Watch Man Pilot Hot Air Balloon Into Underground Cave   NBCNews.com
Telegraph.co.uk   
RT   
Live Science   
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Business Insider Australia
   
NASA will pay $US5000 for your best ideas on what you'd need to survive on Mars   
Business Insider Australia
NASA's mission to put humans on Mars now includes crowdsourcing ideas about how they could survive the 500-day resupply schedule while living on the Red Planet. Today, the agency announced it would award three $US5000 prizes, asking members of ...

NASA chief confident of putting Americans on Mars in 2030s   ecns
NASA Announces Journey To Mars Challenge   SpaceCoastDaily.com
US space agency chief confident of putting Americans on Mars in 2030s   Xinhua
Guardian Liberty Voice   
Slate Magazine (blog)   
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Times LIVE
   
Alien pings were the microwave   
Times LIVE
The signals were first detected at Australia's Parkes telescope in 1998 and were similar in frequency and duration to fast radio bursts, which are believed to come from another galaxy. File photo. Scientists monitoring an Australian radio telescope have ...

How a Microwave Oven Stumped Astronomers for 17 Years   ABC News
Kitchen microwaves baffle Australian space scientists   BBC News
Parkes Telescope Scientists Found That The Outer Space Signals Were Not ...   International Business Times AU
Vox   
ABC Online   
The Guardian   
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BBC News
   
Big whales have stretchy nerves to help them gulp   
BBC News
Scientists have stumbled upon one of the secrets behind the big gulps of the world's biggest whales: the nerves in their jaws are stretchy. Rorquals, a family that includes blue and humpback whales, feed by engulfing huge volumes of water and food, ...

Gigantic whales have stretchy 'bungee cord' nerves   University of British Columbia

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Los Angeles Times
   
A super-hot super-Earth spotted 40 light-years away   
Los Angeles Times
Sientists have found an extreme planet where the atmospheric temperature appears to swing wildly from 1,800 to 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit over the course of a two-year period. lRelated Pluto images reveal intriguing bright spot near pole · Space · Pluto ...

Hell on (super) Earth: Massive volcanoes spotted causing weird weather on a ...   Daily Mail
Extremely hot, volcanic super-Earth found 40 light-years away   The Space Reporter
Astronomers attempt to understand molten rock surface of 'diamond planet'   National Monitor
Science Recorder   
RT   
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Hindustan Times
   
Crash into Eurasia: India moved at 5.9 inches/yr, say geologists   
Hindustan Times
Relics and rocks found in the Himalayas have resolved a long standing puzzle on India's record speed when it crashed into Eurasia 80 million years ago, revealed geologists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). India, after breaking away ...

How India driftedtowards Eurasia   Ahmedabad Mirror
India slammed into Eurasia due to double subduction   The Echo of India
India's Mysterious Move toward Eurasia Finally Solved   Nature World News

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