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	Science Daily update ⋅ April 16, 2020
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	Space.com Stephen Colbert calls space station astronaut for social isolation tips Space.com Comedian Stephen Colbert, who has been socially distancing himself by hosting "The Late Show" from home for the past month, phoned the International Space Station today (April 15) to get some isolation tips from a pro: NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Newfound alien planet may be most Earth-like yet Space.com NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft may be dead, but its discoveries keep rolling in. Scientists analyzing data gathered by Kepler, which NASA retired in November 2018, just found a hidden gem: an Earth-size world that may be capable of supporting life ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com What if Apollo 13 failed to return to Earth? A look back 50 years later Space.com NASA bills its Apollo 13 moon mission as a "successful failure," a tale of survival and victory over an explosion in space that imperiled three astronauts near the moon. But what if NASA had failed? Fifty years after the iconic NASA moonshot, the software ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Why the Big Bang Produced Something Rather Than Nothing The New York Times Scientists on Wednesday announced that they were perhaps one step closer to understanding why the universe contains something rather than nothing. Part of the blame, or the glory, they say, may belong to the flimsiest, quirkiest and most elusive elements ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN New potentially habitable exoplanet is similar in size and temperature to Earth CNN A super-telescope made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method revealed a complex exoplanetary atmosphere with clouds of iron and silicates swirling in a planet-wide storm. The technique presents unique ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com NASA astronaut honors coronavirus frontline workers and first responders from space (video) Space.com While working in space, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir took a moment to thank the medical personnel, frontline workers and first responders who have been working to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus here on Earth. Last week (April 9), astronauts Meir, ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Climate change: Blue skies pushed Greenland 'into the red' BBC News While high temperatures were critical to the melting seen in Greenland last year, scientists say that clear blue skies also played a key role. In a study, they found that a record number of cloud free days saw more sunlight hit the surface while snowfall was also ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Is This Telescope-On-A-Plane Worth Its Pricetag? Scientific American Mountain View, California. On dozens of nights each year, NASA sends a jumbo jet carrying a 2.5-metre telescope into the sky. As it flies above much of the Earth's atmosphere, this one-of-a-kind observatory—a US–German partnership known as the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Hot qubits break one of the biggest constraints to practical quantum computers Phys.Org Most quantum computers being developed around the world will only work at fractions of a degree above absolute zero. That requires multi-million-dollar refrigeration and as soon as you plug them into conventional electronic circuits they'll instantly overheat. Flag as irrelevant
	collectSPACE.com How souvenirs standing in for moon rocks helped save Apollo 13 collectSPACE.com After the oxygen tank exploded, after looping around the moon and the course correction that put them back on the right path to Earth, the Apollo 13 astronauts still had a problem. Missing moon rocks. Fifty years ago today (April 16), as Jim Lovell, Fred Haise ... Flag as irrelevant
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