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  • VIDEO: 3 Orangeville UFO sightings investigated last year

    New video of strange light in the sky near town posted on YouTube this past May

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  • Young Star Caught Snacking on Planetary Debris

    For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the variability of young stars residing in Taurus-Auriga dark clouds, a group of molecular clouds located in the constellations of Taurus and Auriga, about 450 light-years away. Since 1937, they have recorded noticeable dips in the brightness of RW Aur A — the primary star of a low-mass binary system — every few decades. Each dimming event appeared to last for about a month. In 2011, the star dimmed again, this time for about half a year. RW Aur A eventually brightened, only to fade again in mid-2014. In November 2016, the star returned to its full luminosity. Now Hans Moritz Günther of MIT and co-authors have observed RW Aur A using NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory. They’ve found evidence for what may have caused its most recent dimming event: a collision of two protoplanetary bodies, which produced in its aftermath a dense cloud of gas and dust. As this planetary debris fell into RW Aur A, it generated a thick veil, temporarily obscuring the star’s light.

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  • South Korea university demonstrates people-carrying robot

    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology demonstrates a robot designed for rescue missions or helping people with disabilities.

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  • This Augmented Reality Helmet Helps Firefighters See Through Smoke to Save Lives

    Qwake Tech’s augmented reality system, C-Thru, is built into a futuristic helmet and relies on a thermal imaging camera, toxicity sensors, edge detection, and an AR display to cut through smoke with useful visuals. It might have been born in a volcano, but Qwake Tech thinks the system has wider applications in disaster situations, such as a burning building.

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