us-hotdailynews: 2015-07-25 U.S. Science

Pluto's Atmosphere Is Thinner Than Expected, but Still Looks Hazy
New York Times
Pluto's thin air may be falling to the ground. The total mass of the atmosphere on Pluto appears to have fallen by half in just two years, scientists working on NASA's New Horizons mission reported during a news conference on Friday. “That's pretty ...
Pluto is covered with flowing ice - and hazier than scientists thought   Irish Independent
Holy halo! New Horizons gets a good look at Pluto's dark side   Los Angeles Times
Pluto's relegation to 'dwarf'   Washington Post
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Scientists Find Closest Thing Yet to Earth-Sun Twin System
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have identified a "close cousin" to Earth that's orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life. "It is the closest thing that we have to another place that somebody else might call home," said Jon Jenkins from ...
Earth's 'Cousin' Found; Burnt Scroll Made Readable, ET Search Boosted   Voice of America (blog)
Astronomers discover most Earth-like planet yet   Vocal Republic
NASA Discovers First Earth-Like Planet   WLTX.com
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How climate change may have killed the mammoth
Christian Science Monitor
New analysis of ancient DNA has found that mammoths and giant sloths succumbed to sudden, rapid warming events, a finding that has implications for wildlife in a warming world. By Henry Gass, Staff writer July 24, 2015. Save for later Saved. close.
Abruptly Warming Climate Triggered Megabeast Revolutions   National Geographic
Humans did not drive the Woolly Mammoth to Extinction…   Empire State Tribune
Warmer Climate May Have Contributed to Mammoth Extinction   New Historian
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Hair ice mystery has finally been revealed by researchers from Germany and ...
Vocal Republic
A brand new research revealed within the journalBiogeosciences particulars the work of scientists at fixing the mystery behind the expansion of hair ice – a silky-like hairs that look very similar to white sweet floss, and often grows on some tree ...
Fungus Responsible for Freakishly White Hair Ice   World Report Now
Fungus Responsible for Hair Ice Identified   R & D Magazine
Scientists solve the mystery of "hair ice"   BABW News
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NASA will possibly use windbots to explore Jupiter
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According to NASA experts, windbots or Wind-Powered Robots, may be useful to explore Jupiter and other planets, in the future. The vehicles will move through turbulent and dense gases that these planets contain, and instead of just flying, the windbots ...
Windbot: NASA Explores Wind-Powered Robotic Probe Concept   Immortal News
NASA engineers to explore possibility of "Windbots"   WXYZ
Windbots explore atmosphere: Jupiter, Saturn And Other Gas Giants   The Market Business
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Initiative version of SETI: $100m Breakthrough, startling fact
The Market Business
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Pocahontas County will be one of two large telescopes used in a 10-year, $100 million search for extraterrestrial intelligence, called Breakthrough Listen, from Stephen Hawking, a famed physicist, and Yuri ...
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence - podcast   The Guardian
The search for ET has been going on for years: so what do we know so far?   Sydney Morning Herald
Breakthrough Listen Project aims to support Search of extraterrestrial ...   NewsPoint Africa

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Astronomers Observe Interiors of Ancient Galaxies
NDTV
Data obtained using the European Southern Observatory's Alma telescope in Chile has given astronomers their first glimpse at the interior of distant galaxies, the ESO said. Observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (Alma ...
Still-forming galaxy spotted near the dawn of the universe   Los Angeles Times
Stars continue to form in ancient galaxy   The Space Reporter
Lopsided galaxy reveals clues about early universe   Christian Science Monitor

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