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Scientists Discover Four Intriguing Planets Around Closest Single-Star Solar System to Earth

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The team also used data from a 2024 study , which involved the ESPRESSO instrument at the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope in Chile, to confirm the existence of one of the four exoplanets. Theyre in Chile; were in Hawaii. We observed at different times of night on different days," said Basant in the statement.

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Spice in space: Inside NASA’s groundbreaking zero-gravity chile pepper project

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Astronauts on the ISS are now growing and eating chile peppers in space, so we caught up with NASA to get some pointers on gardening in microgravity.

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Scientists hunted for planets around our cosmic neighbor. They found 4.

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After peering at Barnard's Star over 112 nights, scientists using a powerful telescope in Chile found compelling evidence of four particularly small exoplanets , each just some 20 to 30 percent the size of Earth. That makes them considerably smaller than Mars , which is about half Earth's size.

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Scientists just looked inside a truly sci-fi planet

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The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — packing a 128-foot-wide mirror that will make it the world's largest visible and infrared light telescope — is under construction and slated to start operating in 2028 atop Chile's Atacama Desert. What will we find in the clouds of more alien worlds?

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Chile-based Kredito raises $4M to help businesses get loans

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Today, Chile-based Kredito announced a $4 million pre-seed round. Robles explained that in Chile, when you open a business bank account, you don’t get a credit or debit card attached to it, so entrepreneurs usually have to use their personal cards. However, the business banking space seems like it’s also undergoing some changes.

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A total solar eclipse will pass over parts of Chile and Argentina on Monday

Digital Trends

2020's only total solar eclipse will occur this Monday, plunging parts of Chile and Argentina into darkness for a couple of minutes in the middle of the day.

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Sports teams are getting cozy with their biggest rivals to sell more snacks

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And during the teams series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, hatch chile-braised chicken, chicharrons, and a spicy queso will load the nachos to represent the Dbacks. During the Nationalss series against the New York Mets, the nachos will be topped with everything-bagel chips, pastrami, and swiss cheese sauce to reflect NYCs famous foods.

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