Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Pluto has some characteristics less like that of a comet and more like much larger planets, according to an analysis of Pluto’s unique interaction with the solar wind, scientists say. Using data from an instrument aboard the New Horizons spacecraft gathered on its Pluto flyby in July 2015, scientists[Read More…]
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New Study Supports Natural Causes, Not Alien Activity, Explain Mystery Star’s Behavior
by David Salisbury Nashville, TN-(ENEWSPF)- Sorry, E.T. lovers, but the results of a new study make it far less likely that KIC 8462852, popularly known as Tabby’s star, is the home of industrious aliens who are gradually enclosing it in a vast shell called a Dyson sphere. Public interest in the[Read More…]
Tides In Binary Star Systems: When Neutron Stars Emit Gravitational Waves
Potsdam-Golm, Germany-(ENEWSPF)- Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam develop an accurate model for the detection and interpretation of gravitational waves emitted by neutron stars in binary systems. This model contains, for the first time, a realistic description of how neutron stars are deformed just before they[Read More…]
More Than 1,200 New Planets Confirmed Using New Technique For Verifying Kepler Data
Princeton University-(ENEWSPF)- Scientists from Princeton University and NASA have confirmed that 1,284 objects observed outside Earth’s solar system by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft are indeed planets. Reported in The Astrophysical Journal on May 10, it is the largest single announcement of new planets to date and more than doubles the number of[Read More…]
Watch & Read: NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered
Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets — the single largest finding of planets to date. “This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler,” said Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a[Read More…]
Oregon Spotted Frog Gains More Than 65,000 Acres, 20 River Miles of Protected Habitat in Oregon, Washington
Portland, OR-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 65,038 acres and 20.3 river miles of critical habitat for Oregon spotted frogs in Oregon and Washington. The frogs were protected as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 2014 in response to a petition and lawsuit from the[Read More…]
FDA Issues Rule For Data Collection Of Antimicrobial Sales And Distribution By Animal Species
Silver Spring, MD-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule today that revises its annual reporting requirements for drug sponsors of all antimicrobials sold or distributed for use in animals intended for human consumption or food-producing animals. Companies are now required to provide estimates of sales broken down by[Read More…]
Investigational Malaria Vaccine Protects Healthy U.S. Adults For More Than One Year
PfSPZ Vaccine is first to show durable, sterile protection in people with no prior infection. Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- An experimental malaria vaccine protected a small number of healthy, malaria-naïve adults in the United States from infection for more than one year after immunization, according to results from a Phase 1 trial described[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Asked to Revoke Oklahoma Oil, Gas Leases
Oklahoma City-(ENEWSPF)- The Center for Biological Diversity today requested that the Bureau of Land Management pull 11 public fossil fuel leases sold last month in Oklahoma and Kansas over concerns that fracking and underground injection of oil wastewater could increase the risk of earthquakes in these areas, threatening the physical[Read More…]
Intense Wind Found In The Neighbourhood Of A Black Hole
Southampton, UK-(ENEWSPF)- An international team of astrophysicists, including Professor Phil Charles from the University of Southampton, have detected an intense wind from one of the closest known black holes to the Earth. During observations of V404 Cygni, which went into a bright and violent outburst in June 2015 after more[Read More…]
