New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are providing a clearer look at a mysterious and rarely studied nebula surrounding a dying star. The observations reveal new details about the structure of this unusual cloud of gas and dust and…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wants to defend Earth against dangerous asteroids. Here’s how
Blue Origin is teaming up with NASA to thwart asteroids that may be on collision courses with Earth.
Jeff Bezos’ company has partnered with researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology to study how…
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Sponge Proteins Revealed by AI
The genomes of phages – viruses that infect bacteria – are largely composed of “dark matter”: genes that encode proteins whose functions remain unknown.
Less than four years ago, a team led by Prof. Rotem Sorek at the Weizmann…
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What if the Sun never set? Reflect Orbital wants to light up Earth at night with space mirrors |
A company wants to brighten the night sky by reflecting sunlight onto Earth using mirrors placed in orbit. Not a one-off stunt, but a full system designed to extend daylight after sunset. The aim is simple enough: make solar energy work even…
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Neanderthal Prey: Elephant Teeth Reveal Ancient Diet
Fossil teeth can preserve remarkable information, much like a biological identity card with data about the lives of individuals tens of thousands of years ago. By analyzing teeth, a new study published in Science Advances reconstructed the life…
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Rainbow-colored phantom lakes emerge around Namibia’s ‘Great White Place’ — Earth from space
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Where is it? Etosha Pan, Namibia [-18.5946865, 16.04684972]
What’s in the photo? A series of colorful, ephemeral lakes that appeared after a flooding event
Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut on board the International Space…
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Chinese Scientists Provide New Perspective on Origin of Target Asteroid of Tianwen-2 Mission—-Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese scientists recently provided a new perspective on the origin of the asteroid 2016HO3 — the target of the country’s first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen-2, according to the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of…
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Molecular chains with bite: breakthrough achieved in polymer research
The longest chains of the conductive polymer poly(p-phenylene) (PPP) produced to date are almost one micrometre (thousandth of a millimetre) long – almost an order of magnitude longer than previously possible. A research team…
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Sixty years of observations and future projections of nine declining North American glaciers
Bekker, A. Huronian Glaciation. In Encyclopedia of Astrobiology 768–772 (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011).
Rounce, D. R. et al. Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in…
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Scientists reveal ‘whale protein’ can extend human life to 200 years – Firstpost
Whale proteins in DNA repair and cell protection may help extend human lifespan and reduce cancer risk
For centuries, humans have been on a struggle to extend their lives. From ancient tonics and elixirs to modern biotechnology, the goal of…
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