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A close up rendering of what Mars' disappearance behind the moon will look like Wednesday evening.

“You Don’t Want to Miss This”: How to Visualize the Lunar Occultation of Mars

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A close-up of what Mars will look like disappearing behind the Moon on Wednesday night. (Ryan Boyce, Stellarium 0.15.0) Estimated reading time: 4-5 minutes SALT LAKE CITY – Look skyward this week to witness the occult – a lunar occultation of the planet Mars, that is. Starting Wednesday evening, the moon will slowly ascend towards …

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SKA at Night

Construction begins on the largest radio observatory in Earth’s history – could discover the first signs of life in the universe

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SKA sites in Australia and South Africa at night. 1 credit Construction of the world’s largest radio astronomy facility, the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO), began on December 4. The observatory is a global project that has been going on for 30 years. With two enormous telescopes, one (low frequency) in Australia and the other …

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Simulations predict existence of radio wave hotspots in black holes

Simulations predict existence of radio wave hotspots in black holes

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Some of the synthetic images produced by the researchers show the hotspots spinning as an observer spins around the black hole’s spin axis. Credit: Crinquand et al Black holes, regions of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, are among the most fascinating and studied cosmic phenomena. Although there are now countless …

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“Big scientific step forward”: the construction of the largest radio observatory in the world is finally underway

“Big scientific step forward”: the construction of the largest radio observatory in the world is finally underway

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An artist’s impression of SKA-Low antenna arrays.Credit: DISR After 30 years of planning and negotiations, construction begins this week on the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), the largest radio astronomy observatory in the world. The giant instrument – which will be built at sprawling sites in Australia and Africa – will collect radio signals from celestial …

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” Are we alone in the universe ? “: work begins in Western Australia on the most powerful radio telescope in the world

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Construction of the world’s largest radio astronomy observatory, the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), has officially begun in Australia after three decades of development. A huge intergovernmental effort, the SKA has been hailed as one of the greatest science projects of this century. It will allow scientists to go back to the beginning of the history …

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Utah State University's Deep Space Radio makes history by reaching moon orbit

Utah State University’s Deep Space Radio makes history by reaching moon orbit

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LOGAN, Utah (ABC4) – A deep space radio built by Utah State Universityit is Spatial Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is now orbiting the Moon in a program unlike any other in human history. The radio is part of a NASA mission called Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment – or “CAPSTONE”. The USU-designed …

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Cameron and Hannah Bell, with their son Samuel, who has a rare genetic disorder called Trisomy 9p. Cameron says he was inspired to write a book that describes the perspective of a person who, like Samuel, has a life-changing genetic disorder.

Utah father writes book inspired by son with rare genetic condition

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Cameron and Hannah Bell, with their son Samuel, who has a rare genetic condition called trisomy 9p. Cameron says he was inspired to write a book that describes the perspective of someone who, like Samuel, has a life-altering genetic condition. (Photo by Maegan Stallings) Estimated reading time: 4-5 minutes DRAPER — When Cameron Bell was …

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In this undated file photo released by Forest Guardians, a prairie dog eats in southwestern Utah. The species has been federally protected since the 1970s, and Utah wildlife managers are now taking the steps to assume control of the species in the future.

Utah seeks to delist ‘threatened’ prairie dog species and assume management of creature

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In this undated file photo released by Forest Guardians, a prairie dog eats in southwestern Utah. The species has been federally protected since the 1970s, and Utah wildlife managers are now taking steps to assume control of the species in the future. (Associated Press) Estimated reading time: 5-6 minutes SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah …

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Luca Brunelli and Sabrina Malone Jenkins care for an infant in the newborn intensive care unit. A gift from the Mark and Kathie Miller Pediatric Genomics Fund will allow NeoSeq researchers to test more NICU infants for genetic disorders, says Dr. Sabrina Malone Jenkins, the principal NeoSeq investigator.

Donation will help more Utah families diagnose infants and children with genetic conditions

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Luca Brunelli and Sabrina Malone Jenkins tend to an infant in the newborn intensive care unit. A donation from the Mark and Kathie Miller Pediatric Genomics Fund will allow NeoSeq researchers to test more NICU infants for genetic disorders, says NeoSeq principal investigator Dr. Sabrina Malone Jenkins. (Charlie Ehlert) Estimated reading time: 4-5 minutes SALT …

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Storm clouds approach a church in Mequon, Wis., on Aug. 2, 2020. A new Pew Research Center report published Thursday explores how religion in the U.S. intersects with views on the environment and climate change.

Poll: Religious Americans less concerned about climate change

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Storm clouds approach a church in Mequon, Wisconsin, August 2, 2020. A new report from the Pew Research Center released Thursday explores how religion in the United States intersects with views on the environment and climate change. (Morry Gash, Associated Press) Estimated reading time: 5-6 minutes NEW YORK — Most adults in the United States …

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