Located in northern Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory aims to revolutionize the study of the universe when it incorporates the largest digital camera ever built in the world. Photo by Getty Images
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Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them
You can add another name to the thousands of employees leaving NASA as the Trump administration primes the space agency for a 25 percent budget cut.
On Monday, NASA announced that Makenzie…
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Earth is spinning faster, making days shorter — but why?
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Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers.
July 10…
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SpaceX scrubs O3b mPOWER satellites launch, targets backup window on Tuesday – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned launch of SES’ ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites. Image: SpaceX Update July 21, 5:52 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the launch,…
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Quantum Internet Meets Einstein’s Theory of Gravity in This New Ingenious Idea – SciTechDaily
- Quantum Internet Meets Einstein’s Theory of Gravity in This New Ingenious Idea SciTechDaily
- The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity WIRED
- Testing Quantum Theory in Curved Spacetime American Physical Society
- “Quantum Reality Is…
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Discovery of newborn planet gives glimpse into formation of Earth – The Times
- Discovery of newborn planet gives glimpse into formation of Earth The Times
- What are these strange swirls around an infant star? ‘We may be watching a planet come into existence in real time’ Space
- Astronomers witness newborn planet sculpting the…
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Most extreme “rogue wave” ever recorded was unbelievably huge
Imagine you’re standing on the deck of a ship in the middle of the ocean. The waves are rough, but it’s the ocean, so you’re used to that feeling. Suddenly, a monstrous wall of water, two or even three times taller than all the other waves,…
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Myanmar’s Devastating Earthquake in March Split the Earth at ‘Supershear Velocity’
On March 28, Myanmar was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed over 5,000 lives and caused damage even in neighboring countries.
In a study published July 10 in The Seismic Record,…
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A Sixth Ocean Is Forming as East Africa Splits Apart
Since 2005, a 35-mile-long crack known as the East African Rift has been forming. In the scorching deserts of East Africa, the ground is slowly tearing itself apart — a slow-motion, geological drama. Over millions of years, the…
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What are these strange swirls around an infant star? ‘We may be watching a planet come into existence in real time’
Astronomers have seen what appears to be a forming planet carving out a complex pattern in a disk of gas and dust around a young star. The discovery of this spiral architect could help us better understand how planetary systems like the solar…
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