I am one of the Planet Hunters at Zooniverse. We analyze thousands of light curves from NASA's Transitting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to look for potential habitable planets. This is the first of many planets within the Star's habitable zone that will be discovered. Maddalena Environmental Inc. Al Maddalena
People and businesses will be forced to live differently after COVID-19. The fact of the matter is that this virus will be with us for a long time. It may never be completely eradicated even when there is a vaccine.
Businesses that survive will have re-think they way they interact with customers to maintain physical distancing. Restaurants will be the last businesses to open so to survive, they will need to focus on take out and curb-side order service. People are starting to empty grocery stores to stock up in preparation for fear of the Corona virus. Look, it's important that everyone should not panic. We need to be cautious but sensible. The best thing everyone can do is follow directions of the Niagara Region at this website (https://www.niagararegion.ca/health/covid-19/prevention.aspx) Use these tips to protect yourself and others. This will also prevent the virus from spreading.
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NASA is planning to test one method of asteroid trajectory change. It is an important test of the most likely method of changing the trajectory of an asteroid. It is the first time NASA will be testing a man-made method of such an asteroid path modification. This is exciting news for Planet-Hunters. I just got an email from Zooniverse describing 28 new planets added to the list of discovered planets by Kepler's K2 mission. These new discoveries have been confirmed by scientists who review and evaluate the work by us (Planet-Hunters) who search for transits among the thousands of light curves detected by the Kepler Space telescope. There are 9 planets in this list that are rocky (like Earth) with a radius less than twice the size of Earth. None have been identified within the habitable zones around their stars but some are very close and could harbour life. Here is a detailed plot of the planets showing their size relative to Earth, their orbital periods around their host star, the heat intensity of the host star, The new planet discoveries range in size from about 2/3 the radius of Earth to twice radius of Neptune. Below is the scientific footnote produced from the data.
Congrats to All Planet Hunters! Maddalena Environmental Inc. Al Maddalena |