Various astronomy news

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@nozmajner
a possible source of updated information for TRAPPIST-1
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02 ... -of-water/

Looks like it has some early calcaulations for the masses of the planets etc
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Neat, will incorporate! Thanks :)
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This should be of interest to us outside of this thread:
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/04/ ... log-scale/
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Looks to be a neat course:
https://my.vanderbilt.edu/astronav/
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Quickly! To the nearest Itlaian restaurant! For SCIENCE!
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Looks like it might be time to address the galaxy generation a bit!
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-bri ... yJnNTNKjYU
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"Direct contact among galactic civilizations by relativistic interstellar spaceflight : draft" by Carl Sagan, from 1960-1962
https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss85590.011/?st=gallery
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Some interesting graphs of exo-planet sizes:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/ob ... e-thought/
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"How to build a Moon base --- Researchers are ramping up plans for living on the Moon."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07107-4
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