The huge antenna for the newly launched Biomass forest-monitoring satellite has been successfully deployed, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Wednesday (May 7).
The multi-day deployment was the final hurdle for the mission’s launch and…
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Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider turned lead into gold – by accident
Medieval alchemists dreamed of transmuting lead into gold. Today, we know that lead and gold are different elements, and no amount of chemistry can turn one into the other.
But our modern knowledge tells us the basic difference between an…
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NASA’s Webb telescope captures mesmerizing images of Jupiter’s auroras
The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, of the auroras at Jupiter’s north pole. These massive auroras, caused by charged particles crashing into Jupiter’s atmosphere, are hundreds of times brighter…
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How to spot May's glowing 'Flower Moon' tonight – MySA
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Videos: Flamingos Make Vortexes With Their Beaks to Suck Up Prey
If you’ve ever really looked at how flamingos eat, you know how captivatingly peculiar it is. They bob their inverted heads in the water and do a kind of waddle cha-cha as they inch their way across shallow water, filter-feeding small…
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Europe’s Proba-3 satellites ace landmark formation-flying test
A pair of spacecraft have demonstrated ultra-precise formation flying in orbit for the first time, marking a milestone with major implications for both science and future space missions.
The European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Proba-3 mission,…
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James Webb detects three unknown stellar giants, giant “red monsters” defy all laws of modern astrophysics.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with a groundbreaking discovery that challenges established astrophysical models. Scientists have identified three colossal stellar…
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Humans Glow, And It’s A Light That Probably Goes Out When We Die
Did you know that you’re glowing right now? Alright, it is only very, very faintly. Too faintly for the human eye, in fact, but thanks to biophotons you glow alongside every other living thing. Now, new research into mice and plants has shown…
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Comet, rocket, space junk or meteor? Here’s how to tell your fireballs apart
There’s a blaze of light across the sky! A fireball is seen by thousands, and mobile phone and dashcam footage soon appears on social media.
But what have people just seen? A mix of social media hashtags suggests confusion about what has…
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11 NASA astrophysics missions face risk of cancellation
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