7 Earth-Like Planets Found Orbiting Single Star Scientists using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have found the largest group of earth-like planets circling a single star. A total of seven planets were observed orbiting TRAPPIST-1, a star located only about 40 light years from Earth. The discovery also set a record for the number of planets that were […]
Exoplanet Bonanza; Good Sleep = Less Stress; Help Find Planet 9
Posted February 23rd, 2017 at 4:25 pm (UTC-4)
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Researchers Test Real ‘Thinking Cap’
Posted March 24th, 2014 at 7:22 pm (UTC-4)
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Teachers often urge their students to put on their “thinking caps” as a way of encouraging serious thought. However, a real thinking cap could someday become a reality. New research shows it’s possible to control the ability to learn by applying mild electrical current to the brain. Writing in the Journal of Neuroscience, the Vanderbilt […]
Simple Theory May Explain Dark Matter
Posted June 11th, 2013 at 5:54 pm (UTC-4)
Scientists at Vanderbilt University believe dark matter, an invisible substance that makes up almost 85 percent of our universe, might be made out of particles that have an unusual, donut-shaped electromagnetic field called an anapole. A number of theories concerning dark matter have been developed over the years, but the Vanderbilt University scientists have come […]