A NASA spacecraft will make a close approach to an asteroid in the main belt on Sunday afternoon, in the second of several asteroid flybys planned for its 12-year mission to study remnants of the early solar system. The Lucy spacecraft will be…
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Technion uncovers dopamine’s role in learning new motor skills
From writing an article and typing to playing a violin or being a tennis star, the learning of tasks involving movement is one of the brain’s most complex challenges. How does one acquire new motor skills? Motor learning is an essential…
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How to catch the Lyrid meteor shower expected to peak this week
The April Lyrids meteor shower will continue through April 28, but peaks on the night of April 21.
We had a chance to see the northern lights…
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Alien remains? Nasa’s Perseverance rover spots skull-shaped structure on Mars
Nasa’s Perseverance rover has come across a bizarre find on Mars—a rock shaped like a skull that seems to defy its surroundings.
Spotted on 11 April while the rover was exploring Witch Hazel Hill, the rock, now called “Skull hill,”…Continue Reading
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50% of the Universe’s Matter Has Been Missing for Years. Scientists Just Found It.
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Although we’re still searching for observational evidence of dark matter, scientists haven’t been able to account for about 15 percent of the regular matter in the universe with just stars, planets, and other celestial objects.
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A new study by…
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AI paper by 4 Chinese paved way for ChatGPT, AlphaGo. It’s set for greater glory by 2030
The most-cited scientific paper of the 21st century was written by four Chinese researchers in 2016, and it is on track to become the most-cited paper of all time, according to an analysis by British scientific journal Nature.
The paper’s…
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This Weird Martian Rock Has Scientists Scratching Their Heads
NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured an image of a never-before-seen Martian rock formation that scientists believe could hold vital clues about the planet’s ancient history.
The striped, black-and-white boulder—dubbed ‘Freya…
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Gamma-ray bursts reveal largest structure in the universe is bigger and closer to Earth than we knew: ‘The jury is still out on what it all means.’
The universe’s largest structure, the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, was already a challenge to explain with models of the universe due to its incredibly vast size — and now, using the most powerful blasts of energy in the universe,…
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In 1982, Gophers Were Dropped Onto Mount St Helens To Help It Recover After Eruption. It Worked Perfectly.
When Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It was clear the land would take a long time to recover from the eruption. But one team of scientists had an idea about how…
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It’s Springtime on Polaris-9b, and the Exoflowers Are Blooming
Imagine setting out for a springtime stroll. Not here on Earth but on some distant planet — call it Novathis-458b — orbiting a distant star. Even light-years from home, you recognize some familiar pleasures: The sun (albeit a different sun)…
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