{"id":43,"date":"2026-05-12T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astro.channelznow.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:53:10","slug":"astronomers-have-discovered-another-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astro.channelznow.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"ASTRONOMERS HAVE DISCOVERED ANOTHER EARTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"f583b153867ec817cee43cc2e06488e0\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/tag\/js\/gpt.js\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []};\r\n  googletag.cmd.push(function() {\r\n    googletag.defineSlot('\/23139468970\/A1300x250', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1778402115208-0').addService(googletag.pubads());\r\n    googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();\r\n    googletag.enableServices();\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/23139468970\/A1300x250 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1778402115208-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 250px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1778402115208-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjBCWXIzqJwIWTrmqFkH-M0v2R26LmzqnVt0xkNIOZpkzhwtN28GJdieunp5nRoRbAXteJSwVEue5bkWZAd20FtpVEocxpJAI7jcKfbnXKOqtwAF6vvuNrIL1QOKniLqp4mLMU-1i4SfNwO\/s640\/maxresdefault+%25281%2529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjBCWXIzqJwIWTrmqFkH-M0v2R26LmzqnVt0xkNIOZpkzhwtN28GJdieunp5nRoRbAXteJSwVEue5bkWZAd20FtpVEocxpJAI7jcKfbnXKOqtwAF6vvuNrIL1QOKniLqp4mLMU-1i4SfNwO\/w640-h360\/maxresdefault+%25281%2529.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"360\" data-original-width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>It\u2019s big news, set to shock, amaze, and entertain the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"QmZWSe\">\n<div class=\"DHcWmd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oSioSc\">\n<div id=\"tw-target\">\n<div id=\"kAz1tf\" class=\"g9WsWb\">\n<div id=\"tw-target-text-container\" class=\"tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">But unfortunately, it has nothing to do with a second Earth or better with that <\/span>planet<\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">Earth.<\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">\r\nHowever, since you are now reading, you will almost certainly be interested in this <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">research which examined the click and share behavior of social media users who read <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">(or not) the content and then share it on social media. We are here on Sci-Tech <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">Universe has long noticed that many of our followers will appreciate, share and <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">offer a happy opinion on an article, all without ever reading it. We are not alone <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">in noticing this. Last April, NPR shared an article on their Facebook page asking <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">\"Why does America no longer read?\". The joke, of course, is that there were no <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">articles. They waited to see if their followers would have pondered an opinion <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">without clicking on the link and were not disappointed.\r\n\r\nWe hoped for an opportunity to try it ourselves and this seemed the perfect <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">opportunity.\r\n\r\nA team of computer scientists from Columbia University and the French National <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">Institute examined a dataset of over 2.8 million online news articles shared via <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">Twitter. The study found that up to 59 percent of the links shared on Twitter were <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">never actually clicked on by that person's followers, suggesting that social media <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">users prefer to share content rather than clicking on it and reading it.\r\n\r\n\"People are more willing to share an article than to read it,\" said study co-author <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">Arnaud Legout in a statement, the Washington Post reports. \u201cThis is typical of modern<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">information consumption. People form an opinion based on a summary or summary of <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">summaries, without making the effort to investigate. \"\r\n\r\nThis study examines the psychology behind what makes people want to share content. <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">Research conducted by the New York Times Customer Insight Group investigated what <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">motivates people to share information. Just under half of the people surveyed said <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">they shared information on social media to inform people and \"enrich\" those around <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">them. Instead, they found 68 percent of the odds to reinforce and project their image<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">- in a way, to \"define\" them<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"oSioSc\">\n<div id=\"tw-target\">\n<div id=\"kAz1tf\" class=\"g9WsWb\">\n<div id=\"tw-target-text-container\" class=\"tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"oSioSc\">\n<div id=\"tw-target\">\n<div id=\"kAz1tf\" class=\"g9WsWb\">\n<div id=\"tw-target-text-container\" class=\"tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">In the words of a participant in the study: \"I try to share only information that will<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">strengthen the image I would like to present: thoughtful, reasoned, kind, interested <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">and passionate about certain things\".\r\nThis also raises the question of whether online media is just a massive \"echo chamber\"<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">where we all like only pages and views that reinforce our beliefs and are not <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">interested in information for information purposes. Social media site algorithms <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">also mean that the individuals or pages you tend to click, like or share - which <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">are often the articles or views you agree with - will appear more frequently in your <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">feed than news.\r\n\r\nAs an online media user, you are probably quite aware of this.\r\n\r\nSo if you are one of the lucky few who managed to click and read this article, we <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">congratulate you! Although sorry for the misleading title. In the meantime, have fun <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">sharing the article and see who can chair a discussion on Earth 2.0 without ever <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">reading it.<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It\u2019s big news, set to shock, amaze, and entertain the world. But unfortunately, it has nothing to do with a second Earth or better with that planet Earth. 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