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SpaceX launches 4 people on a polar orbit never attempted before - CNN
The four-person crew, led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will spend three to five days on a rare flight path around Earth’s poles.
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Wild New Study Suggests Buttholes Once Had a Very Different Purpose - ScienceAlert
If the genes of a tiny, bumless invertebrate are anything to go by, our anuses might be repurposed sperm chutes.
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Einstein Didn't Think This Stunning Picture Was Possible. We're Glad He Was Wrong. - ScienceAlert
One of the first verified predictions of general relativity is the gravitational deflection of starlight.
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"Unstoppable defense in space": US Space Force's massive platform launches to crush satellite threats with unprecedented power - Sustainability Times
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Orbital carriers are set to revolutionize space deployment with on-demand launch capabilities for rapid response. 🔧 Gravitics, Inc. has secured significant funding from SpaceWERX to develop this groundbreaking platform. 🔒 The initiative aim…
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NASA pulls graphic novels about female astronauts from website - Chron
NASA deletes graphic novel series about a female astronaut exploring the moon from its website.
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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032 - Live Science
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but the moon may still be in trouble.
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Hubble's 20-year study of Uranus yields new atmospheric insights - Phys.org
The ice-giant planet Uranus, which travels around the sun tipped on its side, is a weird and mysterious world. Now, in an unprecedented study spanning two decades, researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered new insights into the planet's a…
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Algae revived after 7,000 years beneath the Baltic Sea - Earth.com
Researchers have successfully revived dormant algae that sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea nearly 7,000 years ago.
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NASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos) - Space.com
The sounding rockets released vapor tracers and pressure sensors at different altitudes across central and northern Alaska during a sudden auroral substorm.
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Research roundup: 2,400-year-old clay puppets; this is your brain on Klingon - Ars Technica
Also: testing the efficacy of WWI “dazzle” camouflage; how the male blue-lined octopus survives deadly mating ritual.
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Lithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it - Ars Technica
Tiny batteries and “disposable” e-cigs remain big risks for waste handlers.
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Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East - The Conversation
Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with technology during the Middle Paleolithic era as those in other parts of the world.
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Orcas Are Terrorizing Sharks, And The Consequences Could Be Profound - ScienceAlert
A pair of orcas terrorizing white sharks off the coast of South Africa may have captured the popular imagination, but their activities may be quite damaging, new research suggests.
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CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider - Home | CERN
After several years of intense work, CERN and international partners have completed a study to assess the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider (FCC). Reflecting the expertise of over a thousand physicists and engineers across the globe, the repo…
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Scientists discover ancient wasp that snatched prey like a Venus flytrap, name it after mythological sea monster - CBS News
"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one entomologist.
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Europe’s quest to finally land on Mars takes another turn - Ars Technica
Nearly 20 years have passed since the European Space Agency committed to ExoMars.
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USAID Erasure Impact: NASA Halts SERVIR Solicitations - NASA Watch
It is gone now - so NASA issued this notice
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Scientists Puzzled by Mars Rock Covered in Egg-Like Spheres - Futurism
NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a bizarrely textured rock covered in hundreds of egg-like spheres on Mars, astonishing scientists.
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