[ad_1] The first big guns exploded “a lot,” said Dr Rogers. The explosions killed artillerymen and, in one case, a Scottish king. He cited a siege in 1409 of a fortress in Vellexon, France, as an example of failures. The siege, led by the Burgundians against a rebel lord during a period of civil war, … Read more
[ad_1] NASA is about to launch an ambitious mission to explore swarms of asteroids as old as our solar system. These asteroids, called Trojans, orbit the sun alongside Jupiter. One group of them lead the gas giant along its orbital path, and another group follows it. These space rocks were formed during the birth of … Read more
[ad_1] The BepiColombo spacecraft finally reached Mercury after 3 years of travel. The first photos are incredible but the mission is for more. Incredible new photographs of Mercury have flooded the press of the joint Euro-Japanese mission BepiColombo. The spacecraft was launched in 2018 and is running for seven years space out journey to explore … Read more
[ad_1] This site can earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO), ESO / Exeter / Kraus et al.)Since last year, astronomers have taken a look at a fascinating triple star system about 1,300 light years away. The system, known as GW Orionis, is surrounded … Read more
[ad_1] October 7, 2021 UNOT LIKE THEIR Terrestrial cousins, sea slugs are widely considered to be some of the most beautiful animals on the planet. In some cases, some of this beauty comes from subcellular structures called chloroplasts, which they extract intact from the algae they eat, then sequester in the intestinal diverticula for their … Read more
[ad_1] If you find the time to look at the sky on Friday night, you might be surprised at what you see. Unlike the many meteor showers that peak in the wee hours after midnight, a meteor shower called Draconid is expected to peak from early evening until dark on Friday, and could be active … Read more
[ad_1] Scary robot combines walking and flying, watch him skateboard like a proself-evolution Creepy new drone that walks and flies is a Robopocalypse nightmare come trueGizmodo LEONARDO is the fusion of a bipedal walking robot with a flying droneDesign boom Pasadena researchers unveil unique robot capable of skateboarding and slackline walking – Pasadena NowPasadena now … Read more
[ad_1] Next week, NASA plans to launch its Lucy probe on the Trojan asteroids that surround Jupiter. Trojans are like fossils, unchanged since the solar system was born 4.6 billion years ago. Lucy aims to visit eight different asteroids, a record number of encounters. Loading Something is loading. NASA is about to launch an ambitious … Read more
[ad_1] Reconstruction of the South American giant ground sloth Mylodon darwinii feeding on the carcass of the native hoofed herbivore Macrauchenia. These extinct mammals roamed the Pleistocene landscape of Patagonia and other parts of the high and middle latitudes of South America, such as this scene reconstructed around 12,000 years ago in front of the … Read more
[ad_1] Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUN Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of “Ask an astronaut” and “Space radio, “and author of”How to die in space. “ Sutter contributed this article to The expert voices of Space.com: Op-Ed & Insights. New generation observatories, both on the ground and in space, have … Read more