SCIENCE IN THE NEWS WEEKLY
Long-Wavelength Telescopes Top NRC Wish List
A National Research Council panel charged with prioritizing astronomy projects for the next decade has ranked several infrared and even longer-wavelength telescopes high on its wish list.
In other space news, a new Trojan asteroid has been spotted near Neptune. The BBC explains that Trojans are a type of asteroid found in space graveyards and shed light on what the early solar system was like.
The discovery of a rare magnetic star is challenging theories about the origin of black holes. Magnetars are formed by gravitational collapse after the original star dies and forms a catastrophic supernova.
Europe's "water satellite" has provided a different perspective on the floods in Pakistan, the worst there in recorded history. Some 20 million people have been affected by the disaster.
And astronauts aboard the International Space Station were finally able to replace that broken cooling pump. Things should be back to normal by midweek.
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