[ad_1] Transforming planets as a staple of sci-fi an aspiration for individuals including Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX uses images of terraforming Mars in its promotional material. In the 1898 science fiction …
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[ad_1] Photo: Alexander Gerst / European Space Agency I just took a picture of the lunar eclipse of the International Space Station. Tricky to capture, "Gerst said in a caption for this …
Read More »In a first, physicists accelerate atoms in the large Hadron Collider
[ad_1] Not content with protons and atomic nuclei, physicists have taken a new type of particle to spin the world's most powerful particle accelerator On 25 July, the Large Hadron Collider at …
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[ad_1] NASA has a mantra to prepare spaceships to launch: "Test in flight." The idea is to test the entire spacecraft, fully assembled, in the same environment and the same configuration that …
Read More »Research solves a 160-year-old mystery about the origin of skeletons – HeritageDaily
[ad_1] Scientists from the University of Manchester and the University of Bristol used powerful X-rays to scan the skeletons of some of our oldest parents, solving a 160-year-old mystery about the 39, …
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[ad_1] Discovered in a red nova of the Vulpecula constellation, it is the first time that the radioactive molecule has been spotted out of our solar system. For the first time, astronomers …
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[ad_1] Astronomers using ALMA and NOEMA made the first definitive detection of a radioactive molecule in interstellar space. The radioactive part of the molecule is an isotope of aluminum. The observations reveal …
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[ad_1] Bacteria disappear at rates much higher than those expected by scientists, according to a new study. Between 45,000 and 95,000 types of bacteria have disappeared in the last millions of years. …
Read More »NASA claims that the red planet can not be terraformed anytime soon
[ad_1] For years, scientists hoping to colonize Mars have suggested the idea of terraforming, where extensive work on the red planet would release carbon dioxide trapped in its surface and heat the …
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