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Read More »Harvard researchers discover extraterrestrial potential in a mysterious object – Harvard Gazette
[ad_1] "Oumuamua," whose name means "messenger from afar," was immediately sighted by astronomers in Hawaii: it immediately captured the imagination of scientists because it was the first known interstellar object to pass …
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Read More »NASA's InSight Mars Lander: Full coverage
[ad_1] On November 26, NASA will do the story on Mars. The latest Mars probe of the space agency, the InSight March lander, will land in the flat plains of Elysium Planitia …
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[ad_1] This undated photo provided by Georgia Tech in November 2018 shows a domestic cat grooming his fur. (Candler Hobbs / Georgia Tech via AP) Cat lovers know when kittens are grooming, …
Read More »At each rocket launch, "I have three heart attacks"
[ad_1] Kurt Eberly has almost no hair and loses more. His job is to launch, twice a year, a metal cylinder containing several tons of supplies, at high speed to the International …
Read More »The wombats produce a cube-shaped shit. New study suggests how they do it
[ad_1] A wombat is seen in the wombats of the Cleland Wildlife Park in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.(Photo: David Mariuz, EPA) The researchers may have found the answer to a mystery in …
Read More »If the Earth continues to suck its oceans, the planet could explode, according to a study
[ad_1] What goes down must happen – maybe in the form of molten lava. As the tectonic plates move, they drag our oceans deep into the earth's crust, causing earthquakes, magma production …
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