NASA‘s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing the presence of organic compounds essential for life. After the Bennu samples arrived, researchers began studying them, diving into a tale of rock, ice, and water…
Category: 9. Sci-Tech
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Chinese scientists create mice from two male parents that survive to adu
In a milestone in mammalian genetic engineering, a team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences succeeded in creating a viable bipaternal mouse from sperm provided by two male parents. The study, led by Zhi-kun Li, Wei Li, and…
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Metal detectorist discovers unique golden artefact from Roman-era Germany: ‘I could hardly believe it‘
A metal detectorist has found a unique 1,600-year-old tiny Roman padlock in Germany, shedding…
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Scientists may have found a habitable exoplanet just 20 light-years away
Scientists say they may have discovered an exoplanet capable of supporting life. The planet, a super-Earth named HD 20794 d, is located just 20 light-years away. It has a mass six times that of our own planet and orbits within the…
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NASA, ESA: 100m asteroid has small chance of hitting Earth in 2032
An asteroid approximately the size of 289 small Squishmallows plushies has a very small chance of impacting the Earth in 2032, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Wednesday.
The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is estimated by the ESA to…
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A massive underwater volcano 300 miles off the US coast is getting ready to erupt
Beneath the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, a massive underwater volcano is preparing to erupt. Scientists monitoring Axial Seamount have detected a surge in seismic activity, with hundreds of small earthquakes…
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Polar bears are greasier than you think. Here’s why
Polar bears might be greasier than widely believed.
The bears’ greasy fur is the secret to…
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President Trump calls for Elon Musk to ‘go get’ astronauts ‘stranded’ aboard ISS and bring them home
In a very not surprising move, President Trump has apparently asked Elon Musk to “go get” the two astronauts “stranded” by NASA aboard the ISS since last year’s Boeing Starliner mission and bring them home, the SpaceX CEO…
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Doomsday clock moved to 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever in its 78-y
In an announcement, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward by one second to 89 seconds before midnight, the closest it has ever been to signaling a global catastrophe. The adjustment reflects increasing…
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Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA
For reasons that were not immediately clear, SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to his social media site X on Tuesday evening to make a perplexing space-based pronouncement.
“The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the…
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