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May132020 by adminNo Comments

Scientists make sense of pulsating stars using NASA’s TESS satellite

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May 13 (UPI) -- A team of scientists in Australia said they used a NASA space telescope to identify the pulsating rhythm of nearby stars, allowing them to learn more about the age and structure of the stellar objects. The researchers said they were able to make sense of the jumble of pulsations from nearby stars using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Survey satellite, or TESS, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Tim Bedding, professor at University of Sydney and lead author of the study, compared pulsations to musical notes. "Previously we were finding too many jumbled up notes to understand these pulsating stars properly," he said. "It was a mess, like listening to a cat walking on a piano. "The incredibly precise data from NASA's TESS mission have allowed us...

Mar122019 by adminNo Comments

Tess and Claudia complete their 'agonising' 24-hour danceathon

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Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have completed their gruelling Comic Relief danceathon, after fighting through injury and sickness.The Strictly Come Dancing presenters raised £782,686 by dancing non-stop for 24 hours and five minutes.They ended their marathon challenge with a weary performance of Destiny's Child's Survivor, before collapsing to the floor."I never want to dance again," said Winkleman. "I don't like movement."Daly, who suffered from motion sickness for six hours of the danceathon, said her co-presenter had been her lifeline."She's had my back the whole way through. We've looked after each other. We've seen each other strapped up with tape. We both had a little cry," she said."We are a bit tired and emotional....

Feb122019 by adminNo Comments

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman to take on Comic Relief Danceathon

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Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are taking on the 24-hour danceathon challenge for Comic Relief.The Strictly Come Dancing presenters will be on their feet all day and all night on 11 March, to raise money for Red Nose Day."Can we stay awake for 24 hours and keep moving?" wondered Tess, as she announced the news on Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Breakfast Show."I don't know," said Claudia. "I have two naps most days.""I'm not very good at standing, let alone dancing.""She doesn't own any lycra," Tess added.The challenge was last undertaken by Sara Cox in 2017, when she danced to music from the 80s live on BBC Radio 2.Claudia and Tess are looking to break her record, by extending the challenge beyond the 24-hour mark.They'll be prepared for th...

May182018 by adminNo Comments

TESS snaps image of the stars as it swings by the moon en route to its final orbit

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May 18 (UPI) -- TESS, or the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, NASA's next-generation planet hunter, snapped a picture of the stars as it swung within 5,000 miles of the moon on Thursday, using the moon's gravity to fling itself toward its final orbit. With the feat, the spacecraft moved closer to the beginning of its scientific mission: photographing transiting exoplanets. The two-second test exposure, captured on Thursday, suggests the planet hunter's cameras are working properly. The plethora of stars in the image -- at least 2,000 of them -- showcases the broad perspective provided by TESS's four cameras. At the center of the image lies the southern constellation Centaurus. While TESS's scientific mission is largely the same as NASA's veteran planet hunter Kepler's -- to take im...