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Harvesting Black Holes to power a civilization
Like humanity, alien civilizations need to harvest energy. But how to power your civilization, if the energy of a star is not enough? Today’s authors discuss a fascinating prospect: Harvesting the energy of black holes with Dyson spheres.
Catching Slippery Gravity with Fast Radio Bursts
Why is the Universe’s expansion accelerating? We have no idea! But, maybe fast radio bursts can provide some clues.
The Audible Universe
Astronomy has traditionally been a very visual science, but it doesn’t have to stay this way. Learn how the organizers of the Audible Universe, a conference on sonification in astronomy, are paving the way for more inclusive and accessible data in astronomy by making the stars sing.
Where does a Dragonfly land?
Today’s bite explores the landing site selection process for Dragonfly, an upcoming rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s moon Titan
Replacing our constellations with satellites
As satellite constellations crowd our night sky, today’s authors advocate for space as a globally shared resource rather than an entity to be owned and controlled
In-“creasing” Exomoon Candidates Through Folding
Lightcurve folding is frequently used to make signals in the data clearer. Today’s author describes a novel way to use the folding method to pick out exomoon signals from exoplanet transit lightcurves.
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