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Charting the slow death of the universe Posted: 10 Aug 2015 01:25 PM PDT Astronomers studying more than 200,000 galaxies have measured the energy generated within a large portion of space more precisely than ever before. This represents the most comprehensive assessment of the energy output of the nearby Universe. They confirm that the energy produced in a section of the Universe today is only about half what it was two billion years ago and find that this fading is occurring across all wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the far infrared. The Universe is slowly dying. |
Astronomers discover new planet orbiting two stars Posted: 10 Aug 2015 01:20 PM PDT Astronomers have found a new planet orbiting in the 'habitable zone' of two stars, the 10th 'circumbinary' located by NASA's Kepler Mission. The planet, named Kepler-453b, is roughly 60 percent larger than Neptune and takes 240 days to orbit. Its erratic orbit, which limits the amount of times it transits directly between its stars and the Earth, means the next chance to discover it would not have come until 2066. |
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