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NASA’s new dark energy space telescope can also detect killer asteroids
At the end of August, NASA is set to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ...
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NASA的新暗能量空间望远镜还能探测 killer 小行星
8月底,NASA计划从佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心发射南希·格雷斯·罗曼空间望远镜。它的使命是帮助我们更好地理解宇宙如何运作,从将星系 together 的 glue-like 暗物质到驱动宇宙膨胀的 elusive 暗能量。
但罗曼 also 可以 serve 另一个目的:保卫地球免受 killer 小行星的袭击。9月,一个多机构的行星科学家和天文学家团队将 outlined 它如何 uniquely positioned 扫描小行星,并提供有关其轨迹、大小和组成的信息。
阅读我们的故事,了解这个新的太空望远镜如何 boost 行星防御。
——罗宾·乔治·安德鲁斯
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指标可以揭示许多有用的东西。它可以 obscure 或 corrupt 的东西 even more。
像许多被自我量化 bug bitten 的人一样,我开始收集个人数据以 pursue 一系列 nebulous 的目标和欲望。我想在身体和情感上感觉更好,更多地外出,并为日常生活的混乱和不确定性 bring order。
但外部指标和数据永远无法 capture 真正重要的东西。更糟的是,它们 inevitably 重新定义了你对重要性的核心 sense, whether you're aware of the trap or not。阅读完整故事。
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At the end of August, NASA is set to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its quest is to help us better understand how the universe works, from the glue-like dark matter that keeps galaxies together to the elusive dark energy that drives the expansion o...
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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Google’s AI empire is being reshaped. Here’s what’s changed.
After a wave of painful losses in the tech talent wars, delays to its next flagship model, and ...