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Politics / Re: Governor Adams Oshiomhole Wins Okpekpe VIP Race (photos) by colosa: 5:44pm On May 07, 2016 |
Osho baba |
Nairaland / General / What Will You Have Done Different If You Happen To Be Nigeria President Today by colosa: 2:29pm On May 07, 2016 |
Most Nigerian like complaining and laying blame on the government without proffering solutions to situations we have found ourselves. So what will you have done different if you happen to be the presido like PMB. Thank you |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Billionaire Is Offering $180,000,000 To Any Man Willing To Marry His Daughter by colosa: 12:35pm On May 07, 2016 |
Ok |
Politics / Re: Niger-Delta Avengers Blow Up Oil Pipelines To Warri,Kaduna Refineries by colosa: 2:47pm On May 06, 2016 |
Very bad 1 Like |
Politics / Re: President Buhari Signs 2016 Budget by colosa: 1:11pm On May 06, 2016 |
Amen |
Jokes Etc / Re: Funny Pics When Lai Mohammed Said Masquerade Can Create Jobs by colosa: 1:09pm On May 06, 2016 |
Emanba Edo |
Jokes Etc / Re: You Know You Are Due For Marriage If You Used This (photos) by colosa: 1:02pm On May 06, 2016 |
I see |
Politics / Re: Buhari Signs Budget 2016 At Last by colosa: 12:52pm On May 06, 2016 |
Hàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalaaaaaàaaaaluuuuuuuuuyàaaaaàaàaaaaahhhhhhhhhh |
Politics / Re: Blood Flows In Delta Communities, As Conflict Intensifies by colosa: 10:46am On May 06, 2016 |
Pls stop d killing |
Autos / Re: 2008 Registered Lexus ES 350 by colosa: 11:00pm On May 05, 2016 |
Price pls |
Education / Re: Top Ranking Private Universities Are Searching For Laboratory Technologists by colosa: 10:56pm On May 05, 2016 |
Pls website |
Education / Re: ASUP Threatens Nationwide Strike 2016 unless… by colosa: 10:53pm On May 05, 2016 |
Pls PMB listen |
Nairaland / General / Re: Champion Leageue Ticket In England.what Happen If Liverpool Win Europa League by colosa: 10:51pm On May 05, 2016 |
Added advantage |
Business / Re: In Need Of 3 Trucks Of Diesel by colosa: 9:15pm On May 05, 2016 |
Politics / Re: Civil Servants Salaries Not Sustainable - Adeosun by colosa: 9:06pm On May 05, 2016 |
Alright ooooo |
Politics / Re: EFCC Arraigns Ecobank Manager For N8m Fraud(pictured) by colosa: 8:58pm On May 05, 2016 |
Autos / Re: Toyota Camry 2001 For N670k by colosa: 9:47pm On May 04, 2016 |
Am interested |
Politics / Re: Buhari Yet To Receive Corrected 2016 Budget – FG by colosa: 5:09pm On May 04, 2016 |
For what |
Politics / Re: BREAKING NEWS: Chief Tony Anenih: Ex-pdp Board Of Trustees Chairman Is Dead by colosa: 11:54am On May 04, 2016 |
Oh my God |
Romance / Re: A Romancelander Needs Urgent Relationship Advice by colosa: 11:02pm On May 03, 2016 |
Virgin wey I dey look for to marry na u dey useless so. You need special pray and forgiveness |
Autos / Re: Nissan Xterra For N600k by colosa: 6:25pm On May 03, 2016 |
OK oooo |
Adverts / Re: Make Yur Orders Now by colosa: 8:16am On May 03, 2016 |
Delicious |
Politics / Re: Oba Of Benin Head Will Be Taken To Ife by colosa: 8:11am On May 03, 2016 |
Not possible |
Politics / Re: Video: China Is Responsible For The Greatest Theft In World History – Trump by colosa: 9:26pm On May 02, 2016 |
The crazy man |
Education / Scientists Discover Three Potentially Habitable Planets by colosa: 9:21pm On May 02, 2016 |
An international team of scientists said Monday they had discovered a trio of Earth-like planets that are the best bet so far for finding life outside our solar system. The three orbit an ultracool dwarf star a mere 39 light years away, and are likely comparable in size and temperature to Earth and Venus, they reported in a study, published in Nature. “This is the first opportunity to find chemical traces of life outside our solar system,” said lead author Michael Gillon, an astrophysicist at the University of Liege in Belgium. All three planets had the “winning combination” of being similar in size to Earth, “potentially habitable” and close enough so their atmospheres can be analysed with current technology, he told AFP. The find opens up a whole new “hunting ground” for habitable planets, he added. Gillon and colleagues calibrated a 60-centimetre (23.5-inch) telescope in Chile, known as TRAPPIST, to track several dozen dwarf stars neither big nor hot enough to be visible with optical telescopes. They zeroed in on a particularly promising one — now known as TRAPPIST-1 — about one eighth the size of the Sun, and significantly cooler. Observing it for months, the astronomers noticed that its infrared signal faded slightly at regular intervals, evidence of objects in orbit. Further analysis confirmed they were exoplanets — planets revolving around stars outside our solar system. The innermost two circle their dwarf star every 1.5 and 2.4 days, though they are hit with only four and two times the amount of heat-generating radiation that Earth receives from the Sun. The more distant orbit of the third planet takes between four and 73 days, according to the study. “So far, the existence of such ‘red worlds’ orbiting ultra-cool dwarf stars was purely theoretical, but now we have not just one lonely planet but three,” said co-author Emmanuel Jehin, also from the University of Liege. He called the discovery a “paradigm shift” in the search for life elsewhere in the universe. Given their size and proximity to their low-intensity star, all three planets may have regions at temperatures within a range suitable for sustaining liquid water and life, the study concluded. – Hitting the jackpot – Their proximity to Earth means scientists will be able to find out a lot more. “These planets are so close, and their star so small, we can study their atmosphere and composition,” said co-author Julien de Wit, a postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT.) “This is a jackpot for the field,” he said in a statement, adding that it should be possible to determine if they harbour life “within our generation.” Up to now, the search for Earth-like orbs in our Galaxy and beyond centred on stars like our Sun, more massive and hotter than the dwarf around which the newly-discovered worlds orbit. But the discovery suggests that a significant fraction of ultracool dwarfs hold potentially habitable planets in their gravitational sway. “At the scale of the Galaxy, this means billions of additional places where life might have developed,” Gillon said. The mass of the three planets circling TRAPPIST-1 cannot be less than 50 percent of that of Earth, and are probably not more than double, he added. “They could be richer or poorer in water and rocks than our planet, and if they have an atmosphere, it is probably very different that ours.” To give rise to life as we know it, planets have to be in a “Goldilocks zone” in relation to their star, far enough away so that its heat doesn’t evaporate all the water, but close enough so that it can exist in liquid form. Building and using the TRAPPIST infrared telescope to hunt for planets was a risky strategy. “It’s not looking at 100,000 stars at a time, like the Kepler Space Telescope,” de Wit said. “It is few of them that you’re spending time on, one at a time.” “And one paid off,” he added. |
Politics / Re: Fayose Should Be Careful-bode George.... by colosa: 9:19pm On May 02, 2016 |
Pls don't listen to that ole |
Education / Scientists Discover Three Potentially Habitable Planets by colosa: 9:13pm On May 02, 2016 |
An international team of scientists said Monday they had discovered a trio of Earth-like planets that are the best bet so far for finding life outside our solar system. The three orbit an ultracool dwarf star a mere 39 light years away, and are likely comparable in size and temperature to Earth and Venus, they reported in a study, published in Nature. “This is the first opportunity to find chemical traces of life outside our solar system,” said lead author Michael Gillon, an astrophysicist at the University of Liege in Belgium. All three planets had the “winning combination” of being similar in size to Earth, “potentially habitable” and close enough so their atmospheres can be analysed with current technology, he told AFP. The find opens up a whole new “hunting ground” for habitable planets, he added. Gillon and colleagues calibrated a 60-centimetre (23.5-inch) telescope in Chile, known as TRAPPIST, to track several dozen dwarf stars neither big nor hot enough to be visible with optical telescopes. They zeroed in on a particularly promising one — now known as TRAPPIST-1 — about one eighth the size of the Sun, and significantly cooler. Observing it for months, the astronomers noticed that its infrared signal faded slightly at regular intervals, evidence of objects in orbit. Further analysis confirmed they were exoplanets — planets revolving around stars outside our solar system. The innermost two circle their dwarf star every 1.5 and 2.4 days, though they are hit with only four and two times the amount of heat-generating radiation that Earth receives from the Sun. The more distant orbit of the third planet takes between four and 73 days, according to the study. “So far, the existence of such ‘red worlds’ orbiting ultra-cool dwarf stars was purely theoretical, but now we have not just one lonely planet but three,” said co-author Emmanuel Jehin, also from the University of Liege. He called the discovery a “paradigm shift” in the search for life elsewhere in the universe. Given their size and proximity to their low-intensity star, all three planets may have regions at temperatures within a range suitable for sustaining liquid water and life, the study concluded. – Hitting the jackpot – Their proximity to Earth means scientists will be able to find out a lot more. “These planets are so close, and their star so small, we can study their atmosphere and composition,” said co-author Julien de Wit, a postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT.) “This is a jackpot for the field,” he said in a statement, adding that it should be possible to determine if they harbour life “within our generation.” Up to now, the search for Earth-like orbs in our Galaxy and beyond centred on stars like our Sun, more massive and hotter than the dwarf around which the newly-discovered worlds orbit. But the discovery suggests that a significant fraction of ultracool dwarfs hold potentially habitable planets in their gravitational sway. “At the scale of the Galaxy, this means billions of additional places where life might have developed,” Gillon said. The mass of the three planets circling TRAPPIST-1 cannot be less than 50 percent of that of Earth, and are probably not more than double, he added. “They could be richer or poorer in water and rocks than our planet, and if they have an atmosphere, it is probably very different that ours.” To give rise to life as we know it, planets have to be in a “Goldilocks zone” in relation to their star, far enough away so that its heat doesn’t evaporate all the water, but close enough so that it can exist in liquid form. Building and using the TRAPPIST infrared telescope to hunt for planets was a risky strategy. “It’s not looking at 100,000 stars at a time, like the Kepler Space Telescope,” de Wit said. “It is few of them that you’re spending time on, one at a time.” “And one paid off,” he added. 1 Like 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Minimum Wage To N 25, 000 Is A Fake Gesture – PDP To Adams Oshiomhole by colosa: 8:29pm On May 02, 2016 |
It is well |
Autos / Toyota And Nissan Product Which Is Better by colosa: 8:23pm On May 02, 2016 |
Pls I really need your help, Toyota and Nissan product which one consume less fuel. |
Politics / Re: FG To Pay Subsidy On Premium Motor Spirit by colosa: 8:14pm On May 02, 2016 |
Subsidy is scam,pls don't pay FG |
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