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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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NASA Evacuation Alert on ISS: Astronauts Shelter in Crew Dragon

NASA Evacuation Alert on ISS: Astronauts Shelter in Crew Dragon

NASA issued an evacuation alert on the International Space Station (ISS) after an air leak in the Russian segment worsened, prompting astronauts to...

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James Webb Corrects Hubble's Exoplanet WASP-94A b Atmosphere Data

James Webb Corrects Hubble's Exoplanet WASP-94A b Atmosphere Data

The James Webb Space Telescope has resolved a long-standing mystery surrounding the exoplanet WASP-94A b, showing that earlier Hubble observations ...

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Massive Black Hole Weighs 6 Billion Suns, Study Finds

Massive Black Hole Weighs 6 Billion Suns, Study Finds

A massive black hole weighing 6 billion times the mass of the Sun has been measured for the first time by researchers at Carnegie Science in Califo...

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Supermassive Black Hole Awakens: First Ultraviolet, Then X-Rays

Supermassive Black Hole Awakens: First Ultraviolet, Then X-Rays

A supermassive black hole awakening has been observed in unprecedented detail, with astronomers capturing the sequence from ultraviolet spark to X-...

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Cold Plunge Study: What 7 Days in 14°C Water Really Reveals

Cold Plunge Study: What 7 Days in 14°C Water Really Reveals

Cold plunge study results are making waves after a small experiment put 10 young, active men into 14°C water for seven days. The research, published in Advanced Biology, set out...

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Musk Says Rivals' Future Plans Still Trail SpaceX Starship
Musk Says Rivals' Future Plans Still Trail SpaceX Starship
Elon Musk has escalated his rivalry with Jeff Bezos by claiming that even the future plans of SpaceX competitors are behind Starship. The remark, posted on X, came after a... Lire plus...
US Space Force Tests First Real 'Star Wars' Maneuvers in Orbit
US Space Force Tests First Real 'Star Wars' Maneuvers in Orbit
The United States has just completed its first real-world 'Star Wars' exercise, testing strategic satellite maneuvers in orbit. The exercise, dubbed Apollo, marks a significant step in space warfare readiness... Lire plus...
Rassvet: Russia's Starlink Rival Struggles With First 32 Satellites
Rassvet: Russia's Starlink Rival Struggles With First 32 Satellites
Rassvet, Russia's ambitious satellite internet project aimed at rivaling Starlink, has launched its first 32 satellites, but early analysis reveals significant challenges. The system, developed by Russian company Bureau 1440,... Lire plus...
NASA and IBM Create AI to Find Lunar Ice and Craters
NASA and IBM Create AI to Find Lunar Ice and Craters
NASA and IBM have developed a new artificial intelligence model to find lunar ice and craters, aiming to better understand the Moon before astronauts return. The NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model,... Lire plus...
China and Russia to Build a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon by 2028
China and Russia to Build a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon by 2028
China and Russia have announced an ambitious plan to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2028, a critical step toward establishing a permanent lunar base. The project... Lire plus...
Ancient Drug Use: 25,000-Year-Old Teeth Reveal First Evidence
Ancient Drug Use: 25,000-Year-Old Teeth Reveal First Evidence
Ancient drug use may date back 25,000 years, according to a groundbreaking new study that analyzed teeth from two hunter-gatherer individuals found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The research,... Lire plus...
Solar Flare Risk: Sun Could Be 30 Times More Destructive Than 2003
Solar Flare Risk: Sun Could Be 30 Times More Destructive Than 2003
A new study suggests that solar flares could be up to 30 times more destructive than the Halloween solar storm of 2003, the most powerful ever recorded. The research, from... Lire plus...
PLD Space MIURA 9: Spain's Reusable Rocket Ambition
PLD Space MIURA 9: Spain's Reusable Rocket Ambition
PLD Space has put Spain at the center of Europe's reusable rocket race with the MIURA 9, a vehicle designed to evolve toward full reusability through propulsive landing. The Spanish... Lire plus...
Building on Mars Without Earth Bricks: Gelatin and Yeast Solution
Building on Mars Without Earth Bricks: Gelatin and Yeast Solution
Building on Mars without Earth bricks could become feasible thanks to a new method using gelatin and yeast to create construction materials. Scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science... Lire plus...
Einstein Was Right: Black Hole Image Confirms Relativity
Einstein Was Right: Black Hole Image Confirms Relativity
Einstein's theory of general relativity has been validated once again by the black hole image data from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). After six years of processing images of the... Lire plus...
NASA's Lunar South Pole Landing Plan Draws Astronaut Pushback
NASA's Lunar South Pole Landing Plan Draws Astronaut Pushback
NASA's plan to land astronauts at the lunar south pole is facing unexpected criticism from within its own ranks. Victor Glover, the pilot of the upcoming Artemis II mission, has... Lire plus...
70 Years of Space Launches Visualized in Three Charts
70 Years of Space Launches Visualized in Three Charts
The 70 years of space launches are now captured in three insightful charts by Visual Capitalist, in collaboration with the Hinrich Foundation. Using data from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI),... Lire plus...

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