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New model may explain strange behavior on a cosmic scale
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New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s ...
Private Spacecraft Snaps First Rendezvous Photo of Space Debris
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Cue the anti-space litter campaigns. A satellite captured a historic photo of space debris during a new mission. “Pics or it didn’t ...
Why NASA wants Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Dragon for astronaut missions
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HOUSTON — The United States’ second private crew-carrying spacecraft is finally ready to bear astronauts. NASA and Boeing teams recently cleared for ...
Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
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This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun on August 31, 2012, traveling over 900 miles ...
Astronomers Think They’ve Found Examples of the First Stars in the Universe
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When the first stars in the Universe formed, the only material available was primordial hydrogen and helium from the Big Bang. Astronomers ...
Laser Excites Atomic Nuclei For Precision Measurement : ScienceAlert
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Though we cannot see it, we live in a quantized world where the light that illuminates our days is made up of ...
NASA And ESA Prepare For Close Approach Of Near Earth Object Apophis
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NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are preparing for the close approach of near-Earth object, asteroid 99942 Apophis. In 2029, Apophis ...
Scientists Measure X-Rays From Particularly Dangerous Upward Lightning For First Time : ScienceAlert
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The way we think about lightning tends to be somewhat directional. It arcs down from the sky in cracking streams of electricity, ...
How catastrophic would Earth get if moon disappeared?
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Can you imagine a world without the moon? — Pexels The moon has orbited around the sun with the Earth for over ...