Keith Cooper
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Newfound 'fire amoeba' could broaden the search for alien life to planets hotter than Earth (opens the original)
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A multi-celled extremophile that can survive in unprecedented temperatures has been found in pools of heated water within Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. The discovery has potential repercussions in the search for alien life, widening the range of environments that could potentially support complex organisms. Organisms that can survive in extreme environments are classed as extremophiles. When that extreme environment is related to heat, then the extremophiles are called "thermophil
Asteroid samples from NASA's epic OSIRIS-REx mission show Bennu was born from fire and ice (opens the original)
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The asteroid Bennu was shaped on the boundary between hot and cold in the dusty disk that formed the planets 4.5 billion years ago, meaning the samples brought back from this space rock by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission give us our best look at the primordial material from which the planets assembled. "Bennu may offer our best glimpse of the original mix of chemical elements from which the terrestrial planets were ultimately built," said Maria Schönbächler, a professor of isotope geochemistry at ETH
Icy moons may hold on to their underground oceans even after being smashed apart (opens the original)
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Throughout the history of the planets, the outer solar system has proven to be a dangerous place with many collisions smashing small bodies apart — but new simulations have shown that violent smashes do not necessarily prevent the formation of potentially habitable sub-surface oceans. This is true for large, icy moons, at least. "These simulations were pretty much the biggest collisions we could come up with," said the University of Maryland’s Marc Neveu, who led the research, in a statement. "I
Space weather caused a 16-minute train delay in 1848: 'Our research has a hint of a detective story' (opens the original)
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Detective work by a team of space-weather experts has discovered the truth about a historical event that had been thought to be the first-ever case of technological disruption by geomagnetic activity from the sun, but has now been shown to have taken place seven years later. From it being too hot or too wet to leaves on the track or cows on the line, there's a fine tradition of what the British public consider to be flimsy excuses for delays on the trains. Yet an 1871 edition of the journal Natu
NASA's Roman Space Telescope doubles its lifetime with super-precise engine burn (opens the original)
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to extend its lifespan and double its exciting potential for discovery thanks to an efficient use of fuel on its way to its final orbit. "As a result of exquisite planning by our orbital dynamics team, brilliant execution by the operations team, and a precise launch from SpaceX, Roman has fuel for at least 22 years of potential scie
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