08: Are Fast Radio Bursts Generated by Flaring Magnetars?

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*Are Fast Radio Bursts generated by flaring magnetars?

Scientists have developed a new hypothesis to try and explain mysterious cosmic energy blasts know as Fast Radio Bursts.

*Asteroid impact stuns astronomers

Astronomers may have just witnessed the collision wreckage left behind by the violent impact of two asteroids in the main asteroid belt just beyond Mars.

*Mysterious shifts in Earth’s magnetic poles

Scientists have been forced to update the World magnetic model because of erratic changes in the planet’s magnetic poles.

*First life grown on the Moon

China’s Chang’e-4 lander has sent back images of the first ever life to be grown on the Moon.

*Star formation slowing down in the Orion Nebula

A new study has found that stellar winds generated by a newborn star in the Orion Nebula are preventing more new stars from forming nearby.

*Dragon splashes down in the Pacific Ocean

A SpaceX Dragon Cargo ship has successfully carried out the first nighttime splashdown returning from the International Space Station.

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*The Science Report

Human blood vessels grown for the first time.

Iran to increase uranium enrichment to 20 percent.

The stuff big brother can tell about you by looking at your contacts.

What your music says about you.

How poor journalism is supporting quack medical practices through sheer ignorance.

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