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2 weeks ago | 
astronomy.com | Nick Oakes
As of 2025, astronomers have identified at least 14 stars within 10 light-years of the Sun. After the Alpha Centauri system, the next closest is Barnard’s Star, a solo red dwarf roughly 6 light-years away. And thanks to new observations, we now know that Barnard’s Star is orbited by four small, rocky exoplanets. But it’s been a bumpy road. Since its discovery in 1916 by American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard, Barnard’s star has seen several claims of orbiting worlds, dating back to the 1960s.
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1 month ago | 
astronomy.com | Nick Oakes
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is particularly captivating for scientists. This is thanks in large part to its status as the only other planetary body in the solar system known to host an atmosphere about 1.5 times denser than Earth’s and bodies of liquid on its surface.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
astronomy.com | Nick Oakes
New research suggests that Pluto may have acquired its most massive moon, Charon, through an ancient grazing impact, which the science team refers to as a “kiss and capture”. The study uses computer models to suggest a possible new method by which large bodies in the Kuiper Belt could come into orbit of one another. It was led by C. Adeene Denton, a NASA postdoctoral fellow at the Southwest Research Institute, and published today in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
msn.com | Nick Oakes
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
anl.gov | Nick Oakes
|Discover how quantum shells might change the game for high-resolution and ultrafast scintillator imaging with many applications. Scintillators are detectors that make high-energy X-rays or particles visible through flashes of light to form an image. Their many applications include particle physics, medical imaging, X-ray security and more. Despite their usefulness, however, scintillators have presented researchers with a conundrum.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
altenerg.com | Nick Oakes
New analysis done by the U.S. Department of Energy�s Argonne National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows renewable energy could work as a power source at the Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole. By Nick Oakes A recent analysis shows that renewable energy could be a viable alternative to diesel fuel for science at the South Pole. The analysis deeply explores the feasibility of replacing part of the energy production at the South Pole with renewable sources.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Nick Oakes
ENERGY SECURITYArgonne Leads the Way in HydropowerPublished 12 September 2024As governments invest in renewable energy sources to help speed towards the goal of decarbonization, hydropower offers a promising complement to wind and solar, and Argonne is at the forefront of this research. As governments invest in renewable energy sources to help speed towards the goal of decarbonization, hydropower offers a promising complement to wind and solar, and Argonne is at the forefront of this research.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
anl.gov | Nick Oakes
|As governments invest in renewable energy sources to help speed towards the goal of decarbonization, hydropower offers a promising complement to wind and solar, and Argonne is at the forefront of this research. As the world moves towards renewable energy sources in pursuit of decarbonization, one of the principal methods being implemented is hydropower. The ability to generate electrical power using falling water to turn a turbine will continue to play a major role in clean energy production.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
physics.wustl.edu | Nick Oakes
On Thursday, July the 11th, 2024, students from the summer Physics 191 Introduction to Physics course held a capstone event fit to bring together a semester of hands-on learning. This event was the annual Water Rocket Competition, organized by class instructor Reza Khanbabaie and physics department grad student Hamta Farrokhi, and aided by physics faculty Mairin Hynes and staff member Sean Ehle. A water rocket is a kind of homemade rocket that uses water as a reaction mass and propellant force.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
physics.wustl.edu | Nick Oakes
Superconductors and superfluids are a big topic in modern physics, and especially in the fields of quantum and condensed matter physics. Superconducting materials, namely those who lose nearly all of their resistance to electricity when chilled down to temperatures approaching Absolute Zero (-273.15 °C or -459.67 °F). “Superconductors have zero resistivity as opposed to regular materials,” explained Dr. Chuanwei Zhang, a Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis.
