A defining memory from my senior year of high school was a nine-hour math exam with just six questions. Six of the top scorers won slots on the U.S. team for the International Math Olympiad (IMO), the world’s longest running math competition…
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Stunning ‘sun dogs’ could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests
Beautiful light displays in the sky, such as glowing halos around the moon or bright spots beside the sun, aren’t just Earthly wonders. According to new research, similar dazzling effects might also occur on planets light-years away.
In a study…
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Scientists spent 25 years studying ‘super-agers’. Here’s what they learned
After 25 years of research, scientists at Northwestern University, USA, have discovered why some adults can live well into their 80s and beyond with near-perfect cognition.
These ‘super-agers’, as the researchers call them, are aged 80 or…
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How China Made an Antarctic Station Run on Majority Clean Energy
Five years ago electrical engineer Sun Hongbin was given what many would consider an impossible task: build a full-fledged clean-energy system amid some of the coldest temperatures on Earth, screaming winds and half-year darkness.
China was then…
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When martian ground falls apart
Science & Exploration 06/08/2025
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37 likesIn its latest postcard from Mars, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express returns to Acheron Fossae: a dramatic network of chasms carved into…
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Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch 1st national security mission on Aug. 12
United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket will conduct its first-ever national security launch next week, if all goes according to plan.
ULA announced on Tuesday (Aug. 5) that it’s targeting Aug. 12 for USSF-106, a U.S. Space Force…
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Leopard seals sing songs that are similar to nursery rhymes
Leopard seals, some of the loneliest animals in Antarctica, may have more in common with us than we thought. A new study reveals that these massive, solitary predators spend hours underwater each day singing songs that echo the structure of the…
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA after 25 years
Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore is leaving NASA after a quarter-century of service.
Wilmore flew on four different spacecraft during his astronaut career, which began way back in 2000. He spent a total of 464 days off Earth and conducted five
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How SpaceX modified Pad 1 for Ship Static Fire tests to cover Massey’s downtime
How SpaceX modified Pad 1 for Ship Static Fire tests to cover Massey’s downtime – NASASpaceFlight.com
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Archaeologists Find Evidence of Life in Post-Eruption Pompeii : ScienceAlert
Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii following the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins, the directors of the famous site said Wednesday.
Despite the massive destruction…
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