Telescope Group Chooses Canary Islands as Alternative to Hawaii and other top stories.

• Telescope Group Chooses Canary Islands as Alternative to Hawaii

  The team behind a project to build one of the world's largest telescopes said on Monday it has chosen Spain's Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean as a possible alternative to Hawaii. The decision follows opposition from Native Hawaiians and environmentalists to plans for constructing the so-called Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), which would cost $1.4 billion, at the Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island. Henry Yang, chair of the TMT International Observatory Board, said in a statement the boa..

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• NASA's 'Intruder Alert' System Warns Earthlings Of Asteroid Crashes

  

  First Posted: Nov 01, 2016 04:52 AM EDT Photo illustration provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) the Rosetta probe (L) and Philae lander are pictured above the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. (Photo : ESA via Getty Images) Science fiction movies depict asteroid crashes as planetary life-changing events that are horrific at its best, and for good reason: after all, many still believe that it was an asteroid that wiped out the last of the dinosaurs. However, having an actual asteroid..

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• These NASA Photos of a Space Station Crew Landing Are Simply Gorgeous

  

  In Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday October 30, 2016 (Kazakh time) the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft with the Expedition 49 crewmembers returns after 115 days in space. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls When the Expedition 49 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) came to an end over the weekend, three space travelers returned to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft while a NASA photographer capturing their arrival from the air in some spectacular photos. The crew, consisting of Anatoly Ivanishin ..

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• Moon's Tilted Orbit Explained As Relic Of Impact That Created Earth-Moon System

  

  It was only 10 days ago that a team of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology came up with a theory to explain the six degrees of separation between the axes at which the planets orbit the sun and the solar equatorial plane, attributing the anomaly to the undiscovered Planet Nine. And on Monday, researchers from the University of Maryland proposed an explanation for the weird orbit of the moon around Earth.How exactly is the moon’s orbit weird? As the largest moon in the solar s..

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• Plants That Detect Bombs: Bionic Spinach With Nanotubes Can Sense Explosives

  

  Numerous methods have been devised and used over the decades to detect the presence of bombs in various places. Some of these include the use of chemicals, spectrometry, X-rays, silicon nanowires and animals such as dogs and even bees. But plants?Using an approach they are calling “plant nanobinics,” researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have embedded carbon nanotubes in spinach that enables the leafy plant to sense explosives and also transmit the information to a handhel..

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• Brown Pebble Turns Out To Be First Known Fossilized Bit of Dinosaur Brain - Sci

  

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• Watch the moon shadow the sun with an eclipse seen from space

  

  Watch the moon shadow the sun with an eclipse seen from spaceGet on board with the Solar Dynamics Observatory for a close look at a spectacular partial solar eclipse.

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• NASA Advisory Group Raises Concerns About SpaceX Rocket-Fueling Plans

  

  Months before an unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded on the launchpad during a routine fueling exercise in September, a NASA advisory committee had raised red flags about the company’s intention to use the same procedure to fuel future boosters carrying astronauts. On Monday, the committee met and issued further strong warnings about the potential safety hazards of the way entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp....

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• China Calls on Trump to Uphold Global Carbon Deal

  

  Nov. 1, 2016 4:59 a.m. ET BEIJING—China’s top climate negotiator called on Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump to uphold a global carbon deal championed by the Obama administration if he’s elected. Under the agreement, which goes into effect Friday, the U.S. has pledged to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 26%-28% below 2005 levels by 2025. China promises to peak its carbon emissions by about 2030. Mr. Trump has pledged to “cancel” U.S. commitments to cut these ..

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