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  • Newly discovered radio signal from the center of our galaxy could put Einstein’s relativity to the test

    Newly discovered radio signal from the center of our galaxy could put Einstein’s relativity to the test

    Is the ultradense core of a gigantic star lurking in the center of the Milky Way?

    Scientists think they may have found just that: the signal of a pulsar, a rapidly rotating ancient star core, in the heart of our galaxy. The rare discovery could…

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  • Watch Vulcan Centaur rocket launch ‘neighborhood watch’ satellites for the US military early on Feb. 12

    Watch Vulcan Centaur rocket launch ‘neighborhood watch’ satellites for the US military early on Feb. 12

    Rocket Launch: Vulcan USSF-87 – YouTube


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    A Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch a pair of space surveillance satellites for the U.S. military early Thursday morning (Feb. 12), and you can watch the action live.

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  • Black Hole Flares Explained By Spiralling Hotspots Plunging Into The Abyss

    Black Hole Flares Explained By Spiralling Hotspots Plunging Into The Abyss

    Researchers are increasingly focused on understanding the complex dynamics of material surrounding black holes. Pablo Ruales from Wake Forest University, Delilah E. A. Gates from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and…

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  • Yes, Rocket Lab is blowing up engines. No, it’s not a big deal, CEO says.

    Yes, Rocket Lab is blowing up engines. No, it’s not a big deal, CEO says.

    A little more than two months ago, a Rocket Lab employee called the Stennis Space Center Fire Department from the nearby A3 test stand. There was a grass fire where Archimedes engines…

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  • Did seabird poop fuel rise of Chincha in Peru?

    Did seabird poop fuel rise of Chincha in Peru?

    A nutrient-rich natural fertilizer

    Now Bongers has turned his attention to analyzing the biochemical signatures of 35 maize samples excavated from buried tombs in the region. He and his co-authors found significantly higher…

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  • Two separate groups of fish evolved to live without red blood cells

    Two separate groups of fish evolved to live without red blood cells

    Two completely unrelated groups of fish have independently lost functional red blood cells, establishing that white blood has arisen more than once in vertebrate evolution.

    The finding revises how extreme oxygen transport traits can emerge, and…

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  • The Exploration Company completes water-impact tests for its Nyx space capsule

    The Exploration Company completes water-impact tests for its Nyx space capsule

    MILAN — The French-German aerospace company The Exploration Company completed mock splashdown tests for its Nyx space capsule, a modular, reusable spacecraft designed to transport cargo and eventually crew to low Earth orbit and beyond….

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  • Asteroid samples NASA brought to Earth suggest life’s building blocks may be widespread in the universe

    Asteroid samples NASA brought to Earth suggest life’s building blocks may be widespread in the universe

    The origins of the building blocks of life may be even more widespread than we realized, as per a new discovery from the asteroid sample NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brought back to Earth from the space rock Bennu.

    At least 14 of the 20 amino acids…

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  • SpaceX Falcon 9 deploys 25 Starlink satellites after California launch

    SpaceX Falcon 9 deploys 25 Starlink satellites after California launch

    For the third time this month and 12th since the start of the year, SpaceX has expanded its Starlink network with a new batch of low Earth orbit satellites.

    On Wednesday (Feb. 11), the commercial spaceflight company sent 25 more of its broadband…

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