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British scientists have discovered a new planet that could potentially support human life, and it's thought to be “near-Earth.”
Gliese 12b is just 40 light-years away and orbits its host star every 12.8 days.
It is roughly the same size as Venus and its surface temperature is estimated to be 42°C, lower than most of the 5,000 extrasolar planets known to date.
Tech & Science Daily spoke with Dr. Richie Howard, Curator of Fossil Arthropods at the Natural History Museum and lead author of a study on the prehistoric “dune-like” bugs.
It's a predator that hunted around 200 million years before the dinosaurs and has been compared to the iconic creatures featured in the film.
The fossil insect has been in the museum's collection since it was discovered in a former Victorian quarry in Herefordshire in the 1920s, but scientists had not been able to properly analyse the find until now.
Experts predict an “extreme” North Atlantic hurricane season.
The US weather agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is predicting up to 13 Atlantic hurricanes of Category 1 or higher between June and November.
It is also said that this year there could be up to seven major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher, more than double the usual number for this season.
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Scientists have been able to verify walrus numbers using drones combined with satellite imagery from space, and people with commonly autocorrected names are fighting back.
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