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According to a study published in the journal Science Advances, the planet may be a “super-Earth”—exoplanets with masses higher than Earth’s but significantly lower than those of Uranus and Neptune. One planet, known as Proxima b, has already been detected around the star, which is a red dwarf—meaning it has a relatively low temperature, diameter and mass (about an eighth that of the Sun’s.) “For such type of star we expect systems of low-mass planets to be common around them,” Mario Damasso, from the INAF Astrophysical Observatory of Turin, told Newsweek....

Three-time MotoGP champion Lorenzo has struggled this season, with his year marred by a back injury and poor form. The Spaniard’s campaign hit a new low in the Australian Grand Prix in October, as he finished last, 66 seconds adrift of his Honda team-mate and this season’s champion Marc Marquez, who won the race. However, even with his contract at Honda set to expire at the end of next season, Lorenzo is adamant his only aim is to rediscover his form in 2020....

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a statement Monday night it expects to announce soon that the county has reached the state’s threshold to reopen elementary schools. The threshold is a COVID-19 case rate of 25 cases per 100,000 residents. “This encouraging news means that dozens of elementary schools will be permitted to reopen for in-class instruction for students K-6 as early as this week,” the statement said....

RELATED: Lost Ark: Oreha Preveza Abyssal Dungeon Raid Guide Most items in Lost Ark can be gained by conventional means, but for certain rare and exceptional items there’s only one option: Wandering Merchants. Whether these are merchant ships or solitary sellers, Wandering Merchants travel the world, forcing players to track them down if they want their valuable wares. Here’s everything the player needs to know about these elusive sellers in Lost Ark....

RELATED: Things You Didn’t Know About The Lost Ark MMO Lost Ark releases with an array of content in the form of a 50 level player grind, endgame dungeons, raids, and sieges that will keep players hardcore and veteran alike busy for a long while. In addition, Lost Arc launches with 15 classes, with even more planned on the way. With its current roster to grind monsters and bosses into dust, here are the best classes to use in Lost Ark’s PVE....

The Achates Trial Guardian Raid in Lost Ark, despite its lower item level requirement of 920, is one of the most challenging raids to complete. Many players have found this Tier 2 boss exceptionally difficult to beat due to the complexity of its mechanics. This guide will break down these mechanics and provide suggestions for taking down Achates most efficiently. What To Bring To An Achates Fight When players are preparing to battle with Achates, they must be prepared....

Like many other MMOs, Lost Ark makes use of guilds for players to come together, form a community, and take on multiplayer content. But Lost Ark throws a lot of information at players very quickly, so information like how to join a guild can get lost in the mix. Fortunately, this handy guide serves as a refresher. RELATED: Lost Ark: How to Claim Founder’s Pack How to Join a Guild To join a guild, players must first go through the tutorial and make it to the city of Prideholme....

As is the case with most MMOs, there is a wide range of skill levels among the game’s players. The discrepancy in Lost Ark was made a bit more obvious by the fact that those who paid for a Founder’s Pack were able to get into the game a few days before it went live for all the other free-to-play users. It appears that one user is taking advantage of being a higher level than quite a few of the others who are wanting to give the PvP mode a go, by holding their character’s lives for ransom....

Naturally, Lost Ark gamers from the Western Hemisphere are looking forward to exciting new content that will bring them on par with their Eastern counterparts. Fortunately for them, it was recently revealed that Lost Ark would be getting a bunch of new additions, including two new Lost Ark classes called Glaivier and Destroyer, both of which are melee focused. RELATED: Asmongold Praises Lost Ark’s Endgame Over Final Fantasy 14...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is the story of Isabelle and the strong relationship she shares with her grandmother. After receiving a journal and commencing her first story, Izzy creates a world that is seemingly meant to run parallel with her own. The gameplay is largely inspired by 2D side-scrolling platformers but without any of the stress. Lost Words will never be stressful the way most platformers are because it’s about the story, but this also means that the obstacles are always easy to overcome and simply need to be performed again and again to proceed....

There are plenty of great examples of unscripted moments in films becoming some of the most famous or memorable parts of the story, and Lord of the Rings is no exception, and has many moments like this throughout the 3 extended editions. From mildly comedic moments to heartbreaking anguish and excellent combat skills, there are some truly unexpected and unscripted moments throughout the trilogy. RELATED: What Are The Words The Elves Sing In Their Lament To Gandalf?...

In the books a lot of this is seen through Pippin’s eyes, allowing readers to see Minas Tirith just before the battle begins. He observes that there were no women, children, or elderly to be found. The only ones to have stayed who were not prepared to fight were the house of healing women to nurse the injured, and a few older (but still very young) boys who acted as messengers during the battle....

In the original book by J.R.R.Tolkien, Gandalf reveals his torment at the council of Elrond. He tells the gathering of elves and dwarves, men and hobbits, of his misfortunes in being captured and held in Sauroman’s tower ‘like a fly in a treacherous web.’ He regales the others with the tale, telling them that he left the shire at the start of June. The film omits the scene in the book whereby Radagast the Brown, who can be seen in The Hobbit films, meets Gandalf at Bree on the night of Midsummer (usually around the 24th June,) telling him that Saruman has requested a meeting with him....

Episode 5: “Partings” is the third episode with Wayne Che Yip at the helm as director, and he won’t be back until the season finale. Justin Doble, who has a co-writing credit on Episode 3 and a career writing and producing shows like Stranger Things, is the lone writer on this piece. RELATED: LOTR The Rings Of Power: 7 Fantastic Places To Visit In Numenor “Partings” finally brings the chaos in Númenor to a crescendo and a fitting end....

The mortals (like Frodo and Bilbo) who put on the Ring in The Lord of the Rings actually turn invisible to those around them in the physical or Seen world. It almost looks like in the movie trilogy that Frodo doesn’t just turn invisible, but is actually transported to some other world where the disembodied Sauron lives. In The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo puts on the Ring at Weathertop....

Once they are inside, they realise that they are trapped within, and have no chance of escape than to work their way deep into the heart of darkness and out the other side. The others are scared of getting lost in the pitch-black caverns, but Gandalf uses his famous fire magic to light their path. Aragorn tells them not to fear, for Gandalf has not led them astray so far, and ‘he is surer of finding the way home in a blind night than the cats of Queen Beruthiel....

Many of the most significant characters’ names in the books are formed around the elven word for star, which is ‘El’ for example ‘Elrond’ which means Star-dome, as in the dome that contains the stars, aka the night sky, Elbereth, which means Star queen, and Elessar, the royal name of Aragorn, which means Star-stone, referring to the stone that he was given by Arwen, as a sign of their love....

Appearing on an episode of “The Right Chicks” on New Orleans talk radio channel WGSO 990, right-wing Independent Gary Landrieu used profanity to respond to abuse from a caller, who compared himself to the candidate saying “I’m a piece of s*** like Gary Landrieu.” While hosts Mimi Owens and Michelle Hirstius protested the caller’s foul language, Landrieu appeared to remain calm, saying, “You know what growing up in a family of 10 means?...

Second-year Ragin’ Cajuns coach Billy Napier revealed a new team rule earlier this week that encourages all scholarship football players to become a minimum $50 donor to the school’s athletic fund beginning this fall, according to The Advocate (Acadiana, La.). The donation will be optional for walk-ons. MORE: Ranking college football’s best nonconference games of 2019 “It’s all about gratitude,” Napier said in a news conference on Wednesday. “We’re trying to create a scenario where five or 10 years from now these are guys who will give back and continue to be a part of the program and realize what this place did for them....

According to its Department of Public Health, the state has at least 18,283 confirmed coronavirus cases and 702 people have died, with 2,014 hospitalized. In addition to the 4,971 COVID-19 tests completed by a state lab, 81,948 commercial tests have been reported to the state. The increasing number of cases in Louisiana is a result of the mass testing the state has conducted, and Governor John Bel Edwards believes this is a step in the right direction in combating the virus....