applied sciences
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Latest Search for the Elusive Planet Nine Falls Short
Astronomers have reason to believe that a massive object is waiting to be discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system — the so-called Planet Nine. A recent search for this proposed planet produced a null result, but the case is far from closed.
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Webb Space Telescope Could Get a Good Look at the Next ‘Oumuamua
As the Webb Space Telescope continues gearing up for its first observations, researchers are getting excited about the technology’s ability to look at interstellar objects that pass through our solar system.
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NASA’s Asteroid Detector Was Upgraded to Scan the Entire Sky Every Day
NASA’s ATLAS, a planetary defence system that scans the sky for near-Earth objects, has been upgraded to search the entire night sky — half of it in either hemisphere — once every 24 hours. The surveillance system is vital for tracking objects like asteroids and debris that are on a collision course with Earth.
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Magnetic Fields Could Be Early Warning That a Tsunami Is on the Way
The massive waves called tsunamis can arrive with little notice, making evacuation challenging. A team of earth scientists now report that the devastating walls of water can be predicted by their magnetic fields, which signal the wave’s arrival sooner than anything else. The team’s results were published in the American Geophysical Union’s Journal of Geophysical…