In the past, measures of “Earth-likeness” of #exoplanets have been qualitative, considered an abiotic Earth, or required discretionary choices of what makes a #planet Earth-like.
With the advent of high-resolution spectroscopy, there is a growing need for a method of quantifying the Earth-likeness of a planet.
Now, astronomers introduce an informational-entropic metric that makes use of the spectrum of an exoplanet to directly quantify how Earth-like the planet is.
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An Informational-Entropic Approach to Exoplanet Characterization - Astrobiology
In the past, measures of ``Earth-likeness'' of exoplanets have been qualitative, considered an abiotic EarthKeith Cowing (Astrobiology)
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The Russian army again wanted to capture the Ukrainian city of Toretsk, went to storm the Ukrainian positions right in the forehead and lost everything
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Columbia Vows to Reject Any Trump Deal That Erodes Its Independence (Troy Closson/New York Times)
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Columbia Vows to Reject Any Trump Deal That Erodes Its Independence
A message from the university’s acting president said that talks with the Trump administration were continuing as the White House is seeking to place the school under judicial oversight.Troy Closson (The New York Times)
Romanians – an island of Latinity in a great glory
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OK, Chuck Schumer. Trump Just Crossed Your Red Line. Now What?
The Democratic leader said he’d take “extraordinary action” if the president disobeyed the Supreme Court. Well, Trump is doing exactly that by refusing to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador.The New Republic
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15 April 1913 | An Italian Jewish woman, Lea Veneziani, was born in Rome.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Rome on 18 October 1943. She did not survive.
Circumcision is a genital injury, the natural is to be uncircumcised!
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US to demand EU pulls away from China in return for cutting tariffs
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Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in court against monopoly claims
In Zuckerberg's second day of testifying in the federal antitrust trial, he defended Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The U.S. government wants Meta to bust up the two companies.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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#expansion : dilation; enlargement
- French: expansion
- German: die Ausweitung
- Italian: espansione
- Portuguese: expansão
- Spanish: expansión
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Donald Trump wants mail ballots to arrive by Election Day, & is asking states to change laws to ban so-called 'grace periods.'
Some red states are ahead of him. In March alone, Kansas and Utah passed laws to restrict when mail must arrive.
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Trump Wants Mail Votes to Arrive By Election Day. Red States Are Rushing to Toe the Line. - Bolts
Two more states just banned grace periods for mail ballots that are sent before polls close but arrive after Election Day. Trump and conservative judges stepped up attacks, too.Daniel Nichanian (Bolts)
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Scientists have a plan to save Italy's historic mussel farming sea – using plants
Decades of industrialisation have polluted the waters of Italy's Mar Piccolo and brought mussel farming to its knees. Can plants bring back a traditional way of life?Vittoria Torsello and Naomi Mihara (BBC)
US blocking G7 statement denouncing Russia’s Sumy strike, Bloomberg reports
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Israele rilancia l’offensiva su Gaza: nessuna tregua senza resa, colpiti ospedali, civili e infrastrutture vitali
Mentre la Striscia di Gaza continua a essere teatro di una devastante campagna militare israeliana, nelle ultime ore si sono moltiplicati gli attacchi, le minacce e le reazioni internazionali.globalist (Globalist.it)
Josh Shapiro arson attack underscores threats to politicians
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We’re Getting Dangerously Close to a Losing North Carolina Candidate Being Declared the Winner
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