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China’s Chang’e-5 successfully lands on the moon

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[ad_1] 00:34 The Chang’e-5 probe has successfully landed on the near face of the moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Tuesday. With the spacecraft ascender at the top, its lander made a landing around 11:00 p.m. (Beijing time), becoming the third probe from China to achieve a soft landing on the moon. … Read more

Newly discovered Amazonian rock art shows the rainforest’s first inhabitants living with giant ice age animals

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[ad_1] The team discovered the historic artwork, now known as the ‘Sistine Chapel of the Elders’, on the cliff faces last year in Chiribiquete National Park, Colombia. @Wild Blue Media Amazonian rock art recently discovered by researchers provides further evidence that the rainforest’s earliest inhabitants lived alongside giant ice age animals that are now extinct. … Read more

Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory collapses as engineers feared

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[ad_1] The huge Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed overnight. The catastrophic failure was predicted by engineers after the telescope suffered two major cable malfunctions in the past two months, endangering the integrity of the entire observatory structure. Images of Arecibo surfaced online this morning, revealing that the massive 900-ton platform that normally hangs above … Read more

Bioterrorists trick scientists into making deadly viruses by infecting lab computers with malware

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[ad_1] Bioterrorists can trick scientists into making dangerous toxins or viruses by infecting lab computers with malware that alter the synthetic DNA they produce for experiments New cyber attack prompts scientists to manufacture toxic chemicals or viruses Hackers can infect computers with malware to alter DNA sequences They can bypass defined protocols to analyze DNA … Read more

Validation of the theory that neutrinos shape the universe

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[ad_1] The effect that almost massless subatomic particles called neutrinos have on the formation of galaxies has long been a cosmological mystery – a mystery physicists have sought to measure since the particles were discovered in 1956. But an international research team including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli … Read more

Hayabusa 2 sample lands on Earth on December 6

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[ad_1] The Japanese Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is almost back home, with precious cargo on board! The sample return mission left asteroid Ryugu (162173 Ryugu) just over a year ago, with soil samples and data that could provide clues to the early days of our solar system. On December 6, 2020, the sample return container is … Read more

Very hot meteor spotted plunging from sky in Japan

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[ad_1] TOKYO – A scorching meteor has been seen plunging from the sky over vast areas of Japan, capturing attention on television and social media. The meteor shone brightly descending rapidly in Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday. Many people in western Japan have reported on social media that they have seen this rare sight. RELATED | … Read more

Giant Arecibo radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico | Porto Rico

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[ad_1] A huge radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century collapsed on Tuesday, officials said. The telescope’s 900-ton receiving platform fell onto the reflective dish more than 400 feet below. The National Science Foundation of the United States had earlier announced that … Read more