NASA-funded Citizen Science Project Discovers New Brown Dwarf



Most people have heard of SETI@home, the UC Berkeley-based project that harnesses the power of internet-connected computers to help search for extraterrestrial intelligence. But have you heard of NASA-funded Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project run by Zooniverse? Here’s what they aim to accomplish: Is there a large planet at the fringes of ... More

Solar storm to create global chaos, complete darkness

While we are fighting on Planet Earth for sometimes very unimportant reasons (and we don’t fight enough for some other very important issues), a storm may be brewing above our heads. A solar storm, even a severe one. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted a state of maximum solar activity that may strike ... More

Sunday Roundup: Unhappy China, JPMorgan Chase, Jal

It’s about being ‘happy’ or ‘unhappy’. Support of #Ai Weiwei makes #China “unhappy”. Reported by Yahoo News, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said: ‘The Chinese people also feel baffled — why do some people in some countries treat a crime suspect as a hero? […] The Chinese people are ... More