Dwarf galaxies, of course, are much smaller galaxies that can be found orbiting larger ones around them. However, it is thought that the nature of dark matter may be better understood by looking at the formation of stars within galaxies.…
George Cronk
George Cronk
Science writers have the challenging and important task of taking difficult scientific concepts and making them both interesting and accessible to readers. Most science writers approach the job from either sphere, first training as scientists before switching over to writing as I did, or training as a journalist before specializing in the science beat. When I first started out, I used to err on the side of the scientist, going into exhaustive detail about the methodology and minutiae of every study.
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Outer space
The Space Dream Is Part Of The Dream To Make China Stronger
by George Cronk January 6, 2019“The space dream is part of the dream to make China stronger”, President Xi Jinping said after becoming the country’s leader in 2013. The China NSA said the 10:26 a. m. touchdown of the Chang’e 4 craft has “opened up…
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Outer space
Giant Exoplanet Dwarfs Solar System Family | Evolution Of Habitable Zone
by George Cronk January 5, 2019Would that prove life exists there? Not necessarily, says a new study. The research team performed the simulation experiments in a specially designed Planetary HAZE ( PHAZER ) chamber in the lab of Sarah Hörst, assistant professor of Earth and…
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Outer space
Many Planets Are Known To Exist Beyond Our Solar System
by George Cronk December 31, 2018Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, a few years ago the UNIGE astronomers discovered a warm Neptune-sized planet which was losing its atmosphere. The two planets are roughly 2.3 million miles ( 3.7 million km ) from their star-one-tenth…
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Outer space
The Parker Solar Probe | Hanging Out With The Solar System
by George Cronk December 30, 2018NASA has built and tested space probes before, but none of them were destined to get as close to the Sun as Parker will, creating new challenges for testing the probe. Sad to see that 28 years later, the news…
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Outer space
This Occurs As Sunlight Travels Through The Solar System
by George Cronk December 30, 2018By the time New Horizons travels the remaining 80 million miles and reaches Ultima Thule on January 1, it will be more than 1 billion miles beyond Pluto. “It’s really a puzzle”, New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern, of the…
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Physics and Astronomy
Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Earth’s Protective Shield
by George Cronk December 30, 2018Located from Chile to Zimbabwe is the South Atlantic Anomaly, which researchers believe has an extremely magnetic field. Couldn’t help but notice they’re not even studying a stalagmite near the time of a reversal. Nevertheless, scientists are still left with…
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Outer space
New Horizons | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
by George Cronk December 30, 2018New Horizons will make its closest approach in the wee hours of Jan. 1 – 12:33 a. m. EST. Closest approach will bring the spacecraft within 2,200 miles ( 3,500 kilometers ) of Ultima Thule. Our team worked hard to…
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A Chinese space probe is moving into position to land on the dark side of the moon for the first. It has a different composition than sites on the near side, where previous missions have landed. The spacecraft landed close…
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Physics and Astronomy
Most Fuel Cells Are Too Expensive, Inefficient, Or Both
by George Cronk December 30, 2018A new catalyst could dramatically decrease the cost of producing hydrogen, one of the cleanest renewable fuels. Many fuel cells require expensive platinum-based catalysts substances that initiate and speed up chemical reactions – to help convert renewable fuels into electrical…