A groundbreaking geological study has revealed a previously underestimated natural threat lurking beneath Canada’s remote northern frontier. The Tintina fault, stretching over 1,000 kilometers across the Yukon and northwest Canada, long…
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Falcon 9 rocket launching Amazon internet satellites on SpaceX’s 100th mission of the year Aug. 8
Update for Aug. 7: SpaceX stood down from a launch attempt on Aug. 7 to perform additional checks on its Falcon 9 rocket, the company posted to X this morning. SpaceX will now aim for a window that opens at 9:40 a.m. ET (1340 GMT) on Friday,…
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Scientists find a planet from the Avatar movies in real life : NPR
This artist’s concept shows what the gas giant planet that orbits the star Alpha Centauri A could look like.
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Proposed spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri
Engineers have designed a spacecraft that could take up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to Alpha Centauri, the star system closest to our own. The craft, called Chrysalis, could make the 25 trillion mile (40 trillion kilometer) journey in…
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Lunar Photobioreactors Could Enable Astronauts to Produce Food and Oxygen on the Moon
The future of human exploration on the Moon depends largely on our ability to sustain astronauts with limited resources. A recent study published in Acta Astronautica has delved into one promising solution: the use of lunar photobioreactors…
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JWST Spots Possible Alien Planet at Alpha Centauri
Astronomers have found nearly 6,000 exoplanets orbiting other stars. But for every confirmed detection, there are countless mere hints, inconclusive observations that could just as well be blips of cosmic noise or glitches in a telescope. Most…
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Female gorillas can overpower males twice their size, study finds
Despite being roughly half their size, female gorillas can, and frequently do, overpower male gorillas when competing for status and resources, according to a recent study.
This discovery challenges the traditional belief that gorilla society is…
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Can a volcano be stopped before it erupts? A new study found out
The ground around Italy’s Campi Flegrei volcano has lurched up and down for centuries, but in the early 1980s it shot upward more than 6 feet with no warning, forcing ships to abandon Pozzuoli’s harbor and 40,000 residents to leave their…
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Northern lights may be visible in these 18 states tonight Aug. 7-8
Heads up aurora chasers! The northern lights could illuminate skies overnight on Aug. 7-8 as an incoming coronal mass ejection (CME) may spark geomagnetic storm conditions, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)….
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Maya civilization had 16 million people at peak, new study finds — twice the population of modern-day NYC
The Maya population during the civilization’s peak 1,400 years ago may have been far larger than previously thought, new research reveals. The study also hints that Maya settlements at that time were far more complex and interconnected than…
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