Basil

Science and astronomy bits, reminders of the 2nd law of thermodynamics, anything regarding our planet, and our feeble attempts at trying to save it...

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Celestial phylogenetic techniques used to identify a third stellar family in MW's disk: https://t.co/lAl9Zmw6md #science #astrocladistics

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A general proof of the third law was given, quantifying the steps of cooling. And bounds may become smaller https://t.co/qbRnEPiVYR

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Feisty Λb: Physicists Catch Antimatter and Matter Misbehaving #LHC #CPsymmetry #baryons https://t.co/8ADawwvmoz #science

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Entrenched: The world’s deepest ocean trenches are packed with pollution https://t.co/A8uC3PkL3z via @TheEconomist

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Towards searches for smaller rocky planets with atmospheres: maybe H2O & CH4 found on Venus-like #GJ1132b https://t.co/FZXHzwjiOI #science

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When was the determination of the speed of light and how fast does light really travel? via #googledoodle @telegraph https://t.co/afAmoRfrRp

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Gravity may have chased light in the early universe https://t.co/rlYpf14tY6

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Cassini commencing S97 commands for "High-Flying, Ring Grazing Orbits" & the grand finale: a death dive into Saturn https://t.co/3CuMUk9hIk

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new Breakthrough initiative #BreakthroughStarshot, a yr after the #BreakthroughListen to see if lightsails are feasible #StarChips #nanotech

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The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics - Press Release http://t.co/w659ti0rPq #nobel #physics #neutrinos #NeutrinoOscillations #SuperK #SNO

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#Kepler452b within the habitable zone, ~5xMe x2g 60% larger than Earth with orbital 385d, its G2 6Gyr-old sun 10% larger, 430 pc away in Cyg

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AnalyticalChem instr -Explainer: what #Philae did in its 60 hours on Comet 67P http://t.co/GLtN70BgCe via @ConversationUK COSAC Ptolemy APXS

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Congratulations on your monumental success @Philae2014 @ESA_Rosetta @esaoperations #CometLanding on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko SiteJ #Agilkia

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exciting times: plenty to explore by planetary scientists: #Europa Has Plate Tectonics like Earth Does http://t.co/wknsIRJ9zp #JPL #Clipper

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hierarchical synthesis of non-centrosymmetric hybrid #nanostrustructures using a common intermedium http://t.co/eYkGfHUa9b via @physorg_com

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The moon's yolk might be surrounded by an ancient albumen http://t.co/yOnDLA5ILD via @physorg_com #NatureGeoscience #computerModel #friction

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Could be dust? As ESA and other teams go through checks, rumours swirl over Gravitational Waves find: http://t.co/Emo1iyU73U #BICEP2 #Planck

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a new toy for nanotechnologists http://t.co/yBrbz5yX3W via @physorg_com #borospherene

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Chemists develop a novel #sustainable #catalyst to produce clean-burning #hydrogenFuel http://t.co/6AwK14RWuk via @physorg_com #electrolysis

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2017 NASA mission in search of massive terrestrial planets nearby small bright stars http://t.co/radP42XHdQ via @physorg_com #TESS #JSWST