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08.28.2018

NASA mathematician katherine johnson turns 100

Katherine Johnson, one of science’s most pioneering women, turned 100 years old on August 26. She worked at NASA as a computer, or calculator, helping plan the flight paths of the first flights into space. As an Black woman working she broke down barriers for women and minorities in the math and aerospace. NASA celebrated her with a tweet:

Her life and work were the subject of the popular movie Hidden Figures

10.09.2012

discovering a new black hole

NASA scientists use the Swift satellite to discover a new black hole in the Milky Way.

03.04.2012

other-worldly posts

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In the quest to find other Earth-like planets, researchers have come across 1,091 possible new planets. These new finds are called Kepler Objects of Interest or KOIs, because they were found using NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The research team is extremely optimistic about the project expecting up to 90% of the new finds to be real planets, with approximately 196 Earth-size planet candidates. The project still has a long way to completion though. Confirmation of new planets is a lengthy process that can take anywhere from 6 months to a year.

[Source] National Geographic

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