SCIENCE SHIP: Sun cycles & an alien black box
Posted Feb 26, 2018 8:45 am.
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It may seem like the sun is always up there shining brightly on us, but from time to time, it dims just a bit.
That’s because it goes through cycles of warm and cold.
660’s Jonathan Muma hopped on board the Science Ship with Saint Mary’s University Astrophysicist Dr. Rob Thacker to find out why:
A black box buried in the Chilean desert is currently the best hope humanity has of finding life on another planet.
It’s the most precise scientific instrument of its kind ever built — more than 10 times stronger than the most powerful spectrograph.
Dr. Thacker told us more:
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