[ad_1] Aerial view of Ross ice floe in Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that one of the world's largest ice platforms produces a low buzz caused by the wind drumming on the snow-covered …
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[ad_1] Two minutes after his first trip to space last Thursday, American astronaut Nick Hague realized how well the flight was going smoothly. "That was all I was waiting for," he told …
Read More »Why does it take so long to reach Mercury?
[ad_1] The European and Japanese space agencies launched their first mission in Mercure yesterday (19 October, 20 October GMT), but the engineers and admirers of the mission have to endure a wait …
Read More »Mission to Mercury Launches – Sky & Telescope
[ad_1] The spaceship BepiColumbo, a joint Euro-Japanese mission to Mercury, has moved away from Earth to begin its seven-year journey to the deepest planet. BepiColumbo launches at the top of an Ariane …
Read More »Your "sausage roll gene" could tell you what food to eat
[ad_1] (Photo: Metro.co.uk) Apparently, we all have a "sausage roll gene" that helps us choose what to eat in a buffet – and researchers think it could help promote healthy eating. One …
Read More »Watching squirrels can be entertaining
[ad_1] Squirrels are interesting creatures because they do not damage much in the yard, but they seem to be present all the time and become a nuisance in other ways. Their most …
Read More »Physicists have created a "mysterious waveform" to study gravitational waves
[ad_1] There was a time when physics experiments could be carried out with two ballast balls and a tower in Pisa (although Galileo's famous experiment is probably apocryphal). Nowadays, scientists need a …
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[ad_1] This weekend is an exciting day for the world. International Observes the Moon Night 2018 is scheduled for Saturday, October 20. The event happens each year in September or October when …
Read More »The 12-pound moon rock sells for more than $ 600,000
[ad_1] A 12-pound lunar meteorite found in northwestern Africa in 2017 rests on a table in Amherst, N.H. (Associated Press) A 12-pound moon meteorite was sold at an auction in Boston at …
Read More »Mercury Mission: launch of two satellites for a seven-year journey to the planet
[ad_1] A powerful European rocket Ariane 5 took off last Friday from French Guiana and propelled a pair of satellites into space for a seven-year plunge into the interior solar system, a …
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