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Astronomers Find 70 Planets Without Stars Floating Free in the Milky Way
The field of extrasolar planet studies continues to reveal some truly amazing things about our Universe. After decades of having just a handful of exoplanets available for study, astronomers are now working with a total of 4,884 confirmed exoplanets and another 8,288 awaiting confirmation. This number is expected to increase exponentially in the coming years…
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Researchers Release New Image of Fiery “Flaming” Nebula
✖Space is so massive, new objects–and worlds, for that matter–are discovered with each passing day. In fact, NASA just launched one of its biggest projects ever, the James Webb Space Telescope, in hopes it will help the outfit document the cosmos like never before. Even before the Webb Telescope is working, the European Southern Observatory…
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Astronomers Find the Biggest Structure in the Milky Way, a Filament of Hydrogen 1,600 Light-Years Long
Roughly 13.8 billion years ago, our Universe was born in a massive explosion that gave rise to the first subatomic particles and the laws of physics as we know them. About 370,000 years later, hydrogen had formed, the building block of stars, which fuse hydrogen and helium in their interiors to create all the heavier…
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Why Technology — Not Politics — Is The Key To Fixing The Climate Crisis
So what can we do to stop the planet (and the next generation) from burning out?Read original article here.Written by: Amy Williams
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Get to know Joe Biden’s eldest granddaughter, Ivy League law graduate Naomi Biden
It’s no secret just how much President Joe Biden cares about and values his family. One of his family members who has recently caught media attention is the politician’s eldest grandaughter, Naomi Biden. The 28-year-old is an activist, nature-lover, and an Ivy League law graduate. Naomi was named after father Hunter Biden’s sister, who was…
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Stop the counting? Learning to live with coronavirus risks
Pandemic politics are changing before our eyes, forcing us to confront some overdue questions about the tradeoffs between safety and a functioning society.Read original article here.Written by: Howard Kurtz
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Distrust in state power closely linked vaccine hesitancy
Distrust of the state in Turkey, religion and abortion resistance in the United States. Politics and culture are just as important in explaining vaccine hesitancy as health.Read original article here.
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Bitcoin tumbles 8% and other cryptos crash as hawkish Fed minutes whack risky assets
The Fed could pull back its support even faster than expected, spelling trouble for risky assets like bitcoin.Read original article here.
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Bitcoin-loving Miami mayor Francis Suarez asked US city leaders to sign crypto-boosting pledge when he took over national group
“We need to make sure that a generation of prosperity and innovation is not lost because of a lack of innovative spirit,” Suarez said.Read original article here.
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