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Acsimet - the great scientist of ancient Greece
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Acsimet - the great scientist of ancient Greece

Syracuse's Archimedes is a mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and a Greek astronomer. Although little is known about his life, he is considered one of the lea…

December 15, 2018
Traps to identify artificial intelligence
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Traps to identify artificial intelligence

Astronomers are very interested in finding extraterrestrial civilization and persistently studying signals that may come from artificial intelligence.

December 14, 2018
Uranium - Radioactive elements
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Uranium - Radioactive elements

In 1789, the German chemist Claprot (M. Klaproth) discovered a new element and remembered the Uranus planet (Uranus) discovered by British astronomer Hechen (Herchel) in…

December 14, 2018
Camera 'Terror' hunts dark energy
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Camera 'Terror' hunts dark energy

The Fermilab Labs' dark energy camera captured the first photos of the test run before launching the Dark Energy Survey in December.

December 11, 2018
'Weigh' the planets
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'Weigh' the planets

Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (Germany) have announced the development of a new way to scale planets.

December 11, 2018
Superlative glasses
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Superlative glasses

International astronomers are preparing to install the world's largest telescope, possibly

December 11, 2018