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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Researchers found three minerals never before catalogued on Earth
We’re always learning more about our planet. From figuring out where life on Earth originated to exactly what lies beneath the Earth’s surface, there’s plenty we still don’t know about our little floating rock. However,…
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Rubin Observatory’s Stunning Result Proves It’s a ‘Game Changer’ for Spotting Dangerous Asteroids
Astronomers usually keep their eyes on the sky, but on Monday, June 23, the community turned its attention toward Washington, D.C., as scientists from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveiled the…
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Scientists turn beer yeast into mini factories for smart drugs
Scientists at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, in collaboration with researchers from Japan, China, Switzerland, and Italy, have developed an innovative method to produce and rapidly analyze a vast array of macrocyclic peptides, molecules…
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Paralyzed patient regains limb function with new brain-chip
Led by Professor Duan Feng of Nankai University, Chinese researchers have carried out what they call the world’s first human trial of a brain-computer interface implanted through blood vessels, enabling a paralyzed patient to move his…
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What Our World May Have Looked Like If Neanderthals Hadn’t Died Off
It’s hard to imagine that just 40,000 years ago, there was another species of humans on Earth. Modern humans and Neanderthals lived amongst each other, they interbred, lived in the same caves, hunted similarly, and both made tools.
Then…
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