SCIENCE SHIP: Sun cycles & an alien black box
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.
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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.
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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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