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[ad_1] An international team of paleontologists from Austria and Switzerland have discovered an exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of ASTERACANTHA accomplished, a species of hybodontiform shark that lived around 150 million years ago (Jurassic period), in the famous Solnhofen limestones in Germany. Provisional reconstruction of the life of the hybodontiform shark ASTERACANTHA accomplished. Image Credit: Sebastian Stumpf … Read more

[ad_1] An artistic rendering of the XMM-Newton Space Telescope (X-ray multi-mirror mission). A study of archival data from the XMM-Newton and Chandra space telescopes found evidence of high levels of X-ray emission from nearby Magnificent Seven neutron stars, which may come from hypothetical particles called axions. Credit: D. Ducros; ESA / XMM-Newton, CC BY-SA 3.0 … Read more

[ad_1] Everything has an expiration date, from the milk in your fridge to the Milky Way. Galaxies begin to die, according to CBS News, when all the stars they contain die off and no new replacements are generated. In these cases, all the gas in a galaxy is ejected, making it impossible for new stars … Read more

[ad_1] On January 15, NASA shared a haunting photo of the Barred Spiral Galaxy of the Cosmos, a spiral galaxy known for its central bar-shaped structure that is made up of a myriad of stars. Taking its official name on Instagram, the space agency wrote, “At a distance of 67 million light years, NGC 613 … Read more

[ad_1] NASA has unleashed the main stage of its massive new rocket – the Space launch system (SLS) – Saturday, January 16, during a critical test that appeared to end prematurely when the booster motors shut down earlier than expected. Smoke and flames erupted from the four RS-25 engines that power the giant rocket’s base … Read more

[ad_1] The Chinese space contractor has confirmed that it has made inroads into rocket engines designed for major space missions. Earlier this week, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced that progress has been made on important technologies for a 220-ton thrust liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen combustion cycle engine. The engine was … Read more

[ad_1] A NASA rocket critical test ended with a shutdown on Saturday, just over a minute after what was scheduled to be an eight-minute test. This test was a vital checkpoint for NASA’s space launch system, which has been seriously delayed. The SLS is expected to play a key role in the agency’s Artemis program … Read more

[ad_1] NASA announced Thursday that a “mole” on Mars has completed its mission after landing on the Red Planet nearly two years ago. The mole – also called an excavator, drill, and probe – was built by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and deployed by NASA’s InSight lander. His goal was to drill 16 feet … Read more

[ad_1] A Falcon 9 rocket took off on January 7 from the Cape Canaveral space station with the Turksat 5A communications satellite, the first launch from the Florida space coast in 2021. Credit: SpaceX Military officials in charge of the Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral are planning more than 50 launches from the Florida space … Read more