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Moon Photobombs NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s View of the Sun
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO/Joy Ng On October 16, 2020, the Moon photobombed NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s view of…
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See how NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will sample asteroid Bennu in this 360-degree video
Today, NASA will attempt to grab tiny pieces of an asteroid called Bennu — and to mark the occasion, the…
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SpaceX fires up 3-engine Starship SN8 prototype ahead of epic test flight
SpaceX’s next-gen Starship vehicle just took a big step toward its next milestone leap. Early this morning (Oct. 20), SpaceX…
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New Theory for the Origin of Dark Matter
A recent study from the University of Melbourne proposes a new theory for the origin of dark matter, helping experimentalists…
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Driver Identified of the Largest Mass Extinction in the History of the Earth
Sessile filter feeders like this Carboniferous crinoid, the mushroom crinoid (Agaricocrinus americanus), were significantly less abundant after the Permian-Triassic extinction.…
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Giants of Madagascar Driven to Extinction by Humans and Climate Change
The entire endemic megafauna of Madagascar and the Mascarene islands was eliminated during the past millennium. To investigate possible drivers…
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Discovery of “Magic” Chemical That Makes Perfect Edges in 2D-Materials
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology present a method to finely control the edges of two-dimensional materials, by using a…
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WATCH! Moon Photobombs the Sun in NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Video
In an unexpected turn of events, on October 16 of this year, the Moon apparently photobombed NASA’s very own Solar…
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How to Watch Orionid Meteor Shower Reaches Peak With 25 Shooting Stars Per Hour on October 21 ‘Til Nov. 7!
The planet Earth would be revolving again to the remains and debris of the famed Comet Halley that was destroyed…
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When do the clocks go back in 2020 and why do we change to daylight saving time?
We’re not that far from the night we get that extra hour in bed which, given how 2020 has gone…
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NASA’s Daring Asteroid Heist: The Challenges of OSIRIS-REx TAG [Video]
OSIRIS-REx at Sample Site Nightingale. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make…
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HaloSat Reveals the Milky Way Galaxy Is Surrounded by a Heated, Clumpy Halo
A mini satellite designed and built at the University of Iowa has determined the Milky Way galaxy is surrounded by…
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BepiColombo Images Venus During Close Approach for Gravity Assist
BepiColombo captured this view of Venus using the Mercury Transfer Module’s Monitoring Camera 2 on October 15, 2020, as the…
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Baby bottles release millions of microplastics during sterilisation, study warns
Microplastics are being released from lunch boxes, kettles and baby feeding bottles, new research shows. Scientists analysed the particles given…
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“Lost Votes”: What Are the Odds Your Vote Will Not Count?
Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT MIT professor’s study quantifies how many mail-in ballots became “lost votes” in the 2016 U.S. federal…
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Brain Mechanisms Underlying Irrational Decision-Making: “Happy Endings” Can Bias Future Decisions
Our brains can’t always reliably evaluate experiences that unfold over time We tend to give disproportionate weight to the later…
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Ancient Lake Sediments Show That Recent Atlantic Ocean Warming Is Unprecedented in Nearly 3,000 Years
Climate scientists Nicholas Balascio and Francois Lapointe working with an ice auger to drill in the 3.5m thick ice at…
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NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Land Water-Measuring Payload PRIME-1 on the Moon
NASA has selected Intuitive Machines to deliver a drill combined with a mass spectrometer to the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA…
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe will snag a piece of an asteroid Tuesday! Here’s how to watch.
NASA will broadcast an epic “touch and go” on Tuesday (Oct. 20) as a spacecraft descends toward an asteroid called…
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Look: Here’s How SpaceX Deploys 60 New Starlink Satellites Into Space
The SpaceX Falcon 9 has recently launched once again into space with another mission to launch even more Starlink satellites…