Technology

NASA Just Released The Largest Photo Ever Taken

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Though the Andromeda Galaxy is over 2 million light-years away, the Hubble Space Telescope (a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency) is powerful enough to capture this high-definition panoramic view of the galaxy which resolve individual stars in a 61,000-light-year-long stretch of Andromeda’s pancake-shaped disk. “This sweeping bird’s-eye view of … Read more

Why You Shouldn’t Check Your Phones Before Bedtime

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Checking our phones and laptops is what most of us do first thing in the morning. It’s also the last thing we do before we go to sleep at night. We’re all guilt of this, right? We’re also aware that this hard-to-kick habit has negative effects on our health. Unfortunately, staring at screens right before … Read more

China Is Building The World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Ever, So They Can ‘Listen To The UNIVERSE’

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In March 2011, China started the construction of the world’s biggest radio telescope in Guizhou province, south west China. The Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is a gigantic radio telescope that’s the equivalent of 30 football pitches, and it would allow scientists to “listen to the UNIVERSE.” Take a look!   The … Read more