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Back in 2019, the gravitational wave observatories LIGO and Virgo detected major ripples in spacetime.
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NASA and Sierra Space have modified the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, which originally called for the Dream Chaser spaceplane to be used to supply the International Space Station (ISS).
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Due to its properties, this new material promises to be both durable and…
QUICK FACTS
Milestone: Rosetta stone deciphered
Date: Sept. 27, 1822
Where: Paris
Who: French philologist Jean-François Champollion
On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered the text on the…
