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Space Shield Against Solar Storms Uses Lithium and Barium

Space Shield Against Solar Storms Uses Lithium and Barium

A scientist at Boston University is developing a space shield against solar storms that would use lithium and barium to reinforce Earth's natural m...

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Cats Prefer Silvervine Over Catnip, Study Reveals

Cats Prefer Silvervine Over Catnip, Study Reveals

A new study reveals that cats prefer silvervine (matatabi) over catnip, according to Japanese researchers who tested feline attraction to both plan...

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China's Rare Earth University Degrees Build Talent Moat

China's Rare Earth University Degrees Build Talent Moat

China's rare earth university degrees are creating a talent pipeline that reinforces the country's dominance in critical minerals. According to a R...

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Water-Powered Spacecraft: Argo Space's Solar System Ambitions

Water-Powered Spacecraft: Argo Space's Solar System Ambitions

Water-powered spacecraft are gaining attention as a promising solution for deep space exploration. Three former SpaceX engineers have founded Argo ...

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Earliest Fire Use Pushed Back to 1.8 Million Years in South Africa

Earliest Fire Use Pushed Back to 1.8 Million Years in South Africa

The earliest controlled use of fire by human ancestors may date back 1.8 million years, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE. The researc...

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Jupiter's Gravity May Have Saved Earth's Life-Building Elements

Jupiter's Gravity May Have Saved Earth's Life-Building Elements

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, may have played a crucial role in allowing life to emerge on Earth by acting as a gravitational ba...

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Mysterious Space Signal Decoded: The Rosetta Stone of Radio Transients

Mysterious Space Signal Decoded: The Rosetta Stone of Radio Transients

Astronomers have finally found a long-period radio transient that acts as a cosmic Rosetta Stone, unlocking the mystery of these enigmatic signals ...

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Solid Rocket Fuel Breakthrough: Scientists Finally Solve the Shutdown Problem

Solid Rocket Fuel Breakthrough: Scientists Finally Solve the Shutdown Problem

Solid rocket fuel has long been the workhorse of spaceflight, but its inability to stop and restart has been a persistent Achilles' heel. Now, a te...

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China's Tianwen-2 Mission to Reach Kamo'oalewa Asteroid

China's Tianwen-2 Mission to Reach Kamo'oalewa Asteroid

China's Tianwen-2 mission is about to reach Kamo'oalewa, a near-Earth asteroid that has puzzled scientists for years. The spacecraft, launched in M...

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Space Data Centers: Why They Make More Sense Than You Think

Space Data Centers: Why They Make More Sense Than You Think

Space data centers are often dismissed as a sci-fi fantasy, but a deeper look reveals they might actually make sense. Elon Musk and others are push...

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Starship's Next Orbital Test Flight Set for September 22

Starship's Next Orbital Test Flight Set for September 22

SpaceX's Starship is scheduled for its next orbital test flight on September 22, pending regulatory approval. This mission marks a significant step for the program, as it aims to achieve...

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Satellite Light Pollution Exposed: Starlink Leads Violations, Guowang Worse
Satellite Light Pollution Exposed: Starlink Leads Violations, Guowang Worse
Satellite light pollution has long been a concern for astronomers, but now a new study provides concrete numbers showing the scale of the problem. Researchers from Western University in Ontario... Læs mere ...
OpenAI's Math Breakthroughs Spark Fierce Debate Among Mathematicians
OpenAI's Math Breakthroughs Spark Fierce Debate Among Mathematicians
OpenAI's recent math breakthroughs have ignited a fierce debate among mathematicians, with some expressing outrage, others concern, and many fascination. The rapid intrusion of frontier AI models into mathematical research... Læs mere ...
NASA's PRIMA Telescope to Fill James Webb's Far-Infrared Gap
NASA's PRIMA Telescope to Fill James Webb's Far-Infrared Gap
NASA's PRIMA telescope is set to become the first space observatory dedicated to the far-infrared, filling a major gap left by the Hubble, James Webb, and Roman telescopes. Currently, many... Læs mere ...
Mars' Giant Arsia Mons Cloud: 1,800 km Daily Phenomenon
Mars' Giant Arsia Mons Cloud: 1,800 km Daily Phenomenon
The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud (AMEC) is a gigantic cloud on Mars that appears every morning, stretches over 1,800 kilometers, and vanishes by the afternoon. This daily phenomenon has intrigued... Læs mere ...
ASML and Zeiss Name Hyper-NA as Next EUV Lithography Step
ASML and Zeiss Name Hyper-NA as Next EUV Lithography Step
Hyper-NA is the name ASML and its optical partner Zeiss have given to the next generation of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, a technology that could eventually succeed the High-NA EUV... Læs mere ...
The 24-Hour Day Is a Lie: Why Earth's Rotation Isn't Exactly 24 Hours
The 24-Hour Day Is a Lie: Why Earth's Rotation Isn't Exactly 24 Hours
The idea that a day has exactly 24 hours is a convenient fiction that most of us accept without question. In reality, the 24-hour day is an average, and Earth's... Læs mere ...
Dead Star Gives Birth to a Planet: A Cosmic Phoenix Story
Dead Star Gives Birth to a Planet: A Cosmic Phoenix Story
A dead star has given birth to a planet, according to new research from the University of Warwick. This discovery marks the first real-world example of a planet forming from... Læs mere ...
James Webb Solves Mystery of Extreme Debris Disks
James Webb Solves Mystery of Extreme Debris Disks
The James Webb Space Telescope has finally cracked the mystery of extreme debris disks, a phenomenon first spotted by the Spitzer Space Telescope but left unresolved when Spitzer retired. These... Læs mere ...
Margaret Hamilton, the Software Pioneer Who Landed NASA on the Moon
Margaret Hamilton, the Software Pioneer Who Landed NASA on the Moon
Margaret Hamilton, the NASA software engineer whose code guided Apollo 11 to the Moon, has died at 90. Hamilton led the team that developed the onboard flight software for the... Læs mere ...
Harvard Astronomers Detect Historic Radio Signal from Exoplanet Beta Pictoris
Harvard Astronomers Detect Historic Radio Signal from Exoplanet Beta Pictoris
Harvard astronomers have detected a historic radio signal from the exoplanet Beta Pictoris b, marking the first time radio waves have been observed from a planet outside our Solar System.... Læs mere ...
Mars Ice Dust Miscalculation: What It Means for Habitability
Mars Ice Dust Miscalculation: What It Means for Habitability
For years, scientists have believed that Martian ice contains about 25% dust, but a new study suggests that the actual dust content may be as low as 3%. This stunning... Læs mere ...
Mars Spins Faster Each Year Due to Its Volcanic Past, Study Finds
Mars Spins Faster Each Year Due to Its Volcanic Past, Study Finds
Mars is spinning faster each year, and its volcanic past is the culprit, according to a new study. The Red Planet, home to the largest volcano in the Solar System,... Læs mere ...

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