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Astronomers Show How “Tatooine” Planets Form in Binary Systems Without Getting Crushed

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Astronomers have developed the most realistic model to date of planet formation in binary star systems. “Planet formation in binary systems is more complicated, because the companion star acts like a giant eggbeater, dynamically exciting the protoplanetary disc.” — Roman Rafikov Publisher: SciTechDaily Date: 2021-07-31T09:31:28-07:00 Author: Mike O Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Peculiar Planets Prefer Perpendicular Paths - Eos Just like the planets of our solar system, most exoplanets tend to orbit their star in the same direction that the star spins. But when they don't, exoplanet orbits overwhelmingly prefer to be perpendicular. When seeking to explain strange exoplanet phenomena , the most useful point of comparison is our own solar system. We know more about it than any other of the thousands of planetary systems discovered to date. Publisher: Eos Date: Est. reading time Twitter: @AGU_Eos ...

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Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Video Shows Strange UFO Spotted Over Lake Michigan Near Chicago Call me a skeptic, but I was almost immediately suspicious of this one. If an object this large were that visible over Chicago and Lake Michigan, you would suspect there would be multiple reports of this sighting. I can't find anything. But, there is one other weird object that you need to see. Publisher: 99.5 WKDQ Date: 2021-07-29 11:00:00 Author: docholliday Twitter: @995wkdq Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Fortnite: Week 8 Invasion and Rift Tour, All Details The 8th week of Season 7: Invasion in Fortnite Battle Royale has arrived. We already have a date for not one, but two upcoming events in the game, with the Island in the midst of a war between the OI and the aliens. Let’s go over the Invasion as well as the upcoming Rift Tour! Publisher: Spiel Times Date: 2021-07-30T07:44:03 00:00 Twitter: @spielt...

SolarWinds: Russian hackers broke into email accounts at US attorney offices | Hacking | The

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The list of affected district attorneys included high-profile offices in Los Angeles, Miami, Washington and the eastern district of Virginia. The southern and eastern districts of New York, where large numbers of staff were hit, handle some of the most prominent prosecutions in the country. Publisher: the Guardian Date: 2021-07-31T15:16:24.000Z Author: Associated Press in New York Twitter: @guardian Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Turn off, turn on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how to help keep his cellphone secure. That's it. At a time of widespread digital insecurity it turns out that the oldest and simplest computer fix there is — turning a device off then back on again — can thwart hackers from stealing information from smartpho...

Video Shows Strange UFO Spotted Over Lake Michigan Near Chicago

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Call me a skeptic, but I was almost immediately suspicious of this one. If an object this large were that visible over Chicago and Lake Michigan, you would suspect there would be multiple reports of this sighting. I can't find anything. But, there is one other weird object that you need to see. Publisher: 92.9 NIN Date: 2021-07-29 15:55:57 Author: docholliday Twitter: @929nin Reference: (Read more) Visit Source 'Black triangle' UFO spotted near the sun, 1/5 the size of Earth | TweakTown I think at this point a UFO could land on the White House lawn, Joe Biden could come out and say "Come on, man" and offer the aliens some ice cream and we wouldn't be surprised. UFO hunter Scott C Waring who operates blog site UFO Sightings Daily, shared images and videos of what he proclaims to be alien spacecraft (UFOs or UAPs) hanging out around the sun. The "black triangle" spacecraft he saw, was picked up on the Helio...

Say Hello To The Tokyo Olympic Robots : NPR

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A Field Support Robot was used to retrieve rugby balls on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Stadium. Over the weekend, the FSR will help during track and field events. Dan Mullan/Getty Images hide caption The black and white high-tech contraption made its debut earlier this week as one of a handful of robots designed to streamline the Tokyo Olympic Games. And it can be seen again — essentially playing fetch — during the track and field throwing events over the weekend. Publisher: NPR.org Date: 2021-07-30 Twitter: @NPR Reference: (Read more) Visit Source In Hawaii, robot dogs join the police force HONOLULU — If you're homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii's capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don't have a fever. That's just one of the ways public safety agencies are starting to use Spot, the best-known of a new co...

Harvard professor launches new project to discover unidentified aerial phenomena

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Unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, also known more commonly as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, have long been a mystery. Besides images captured by distant cameras on fighter jets and tales of UFO sightings, these flying phenomena are yet to be confirmed. Publisher: Boston.com Date: 2021-07-30T15:41:09 00:00 Twitter: @BostonDotCom Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Ask Ethan: What Danger Is There In Actively Searching For Intelligent Aliens? If aliens are out there, hiding our intelligence and curiosity from them would arguably serve to ... [+] harm only us, and wouldn't prevent our world from being found by them. It's a fantastic issue to explore, right at the limits of science and the interface of a risk/reward/hazard scenario whose odds are unknown. All of society, and indeed humanity's very future, may be at stake. Publisher: Forbes Date: 2021-07-30 Author: Ethan Siegel Twitter: @forbes ...