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Time2025-04-16 17:44:40 UTC2025-04-16 17:44:40 UTC at epicenterLocation33.936°S 179.419°WDepth26.56 km (16.50 mi)
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A research team led by the recipient of a U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant used computer simulations to determine that white dwarf stars have greater potential to host habitable planets than previously realized. The team concluded that many more stars in the Milky Way galaxy might be home to planets that could support life.
There are approximately 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way. Because such stars are colder than others, scientists have thought they likely would not support habitable exoplanets. Led by Aomawa Shields, a University of California, Irvine professor of physics and astronomy, researchers used a supercomputer provided by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, to simulate conditions on a theoretical rocky planet orbiting a white dwarf. Using data from real exoplanets orbiting the non-white dwarf star Kepler-62, the researchers found that their simulated rocky planet could have liquid water if it closely orbited a white dwarf and had certain rotational characteristics. Their findings were published in The Astrophysical Journal.
“Not much consideration has been given to these stars’ ability to host habitable exoplanets,” says Shields. “Our computer simulations suggest that if rocky planets exist in their orbits, these planets could have more habitable real estate on their surfaces than previously thought.”
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Tue, 15 Apr 2025, 18:00 1744740004 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during April 2025
Summary: 7 quakes 6.0+, 84 quakes 5.0+, 546 quakes 4.0+, 2718 quakes 3.0+, 6129 quakes 2.0+ (9484 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 6+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 84 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 546 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 2718 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 6129 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 4.7 x 1015 joules (1300 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.1 x 106 tons of TNT or 69.9 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 7.2 learn moreList of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during April 2025:#1: Mag 6.9 Reykjanes RidgeThursday, Apr 3, 2025, at 12:09 pm (GMT -2) – #2: Mag 6.9 Solomon Sea, 162 km south of Lolobau Island, Papua New GuineaSaturday, Apr 5, 2025, at 06:04 am (GMT +10) – #3: Mag 6.3 Pacific-Antarctic RidgeTuesday, Apr 1, 2025, at 03:29 pm (GMT -9) – #4: Mag 6.2 Philippine Sea, 73 km southeast of Kanoya, Kagoshima, JapanWednesday, Apr 2, 2025, at 11:03 pm (GMT +9) – #5: Mag 5.9 Maluku Sea, 104 km north of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaThursday, Apr 3, 2025, at 06:03 am (GMT +9) – #6: Mag 5.7 Banda Sea, 109 km west of Metang Island, Maluku, IndonesiaTuesday, Apr 1, 2025, at 07:15 pm
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A researcher has developed an autonomous driving algorithm for agricultural robots used for greenhouse cultivation and other farm work.
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