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This map shows what Earth will look like in 250 million years
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Robotic sucker can adapt to surroundings like an actual octopus
This isn’t the first time suction cups were inspired by highly adaptive octopus suckers. Some models have used pressurized chambers meant to push against a surface and conform to it. Others have focused more on matching…
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter learns to do 120-degree rolls • The Register
The team behind NASA’s 19-year-old Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been busy teaching an old spacecraft new tricks, persuading the vehicle to perform a 120-degree roll to peer more clearly into the red planet.
The mission team…
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Rocket Lab launches second Electron within 48 hours
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron placed an undisclosed satellite into orbit June 28 on the company’s second launch within 48 hours and fourth this month.
The Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New…
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Cosmic glow 10 billion light-years away reveals high-energy activity
In a remote corner of the cosmos, researchers have discovered a giant cloud of high-energy particles, a mini-halo, surrounding a young galaxy cluster that formed just four billion years after the Big Bang.
It’s the most distant structure of…
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Tracking Bird Flu Through Poop In Places No One’s Looking
An egret flying from the lake in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, on September 23, 2023. Researchers report … More
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June 27-July 3: New Moon to Crescent Sky Watch
Moon’s Hide-And-Seek: From Dark To Earthshine
There’s something deliciously dramatic about the moon’s monthly disappearing act. One moment it’s dominating our night sky, and the next — poof! — it’s gone, only to make a grand re-entrance…
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