Each rocket launch sends valuable materials into the sky that cannot be recovered, while also releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases and chemicals that damage the ozone layer. A new paper published December 1 in the Cell Press journal Chem…
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Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS fragmentation: a new image – 2 Dec. 2025.
Here we share our new observation of comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS and its fragments.
Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS: 02 Dec. 2025.
The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 27, 60-second unfiltered exposures, remotely taken with…
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SwRI opens NOUR lab to track chemical pathways from nebulae to planetary systems
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has established the Nebular Origins of the Universe Research (NOUR) Laboratory to investigate how the chemistry of interstellar material leads…
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Leaf Space scales support for multi-satellite rideshare missions
by Robert Schreiber
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Leaf Space is providing ground segment services for 31 satellites on a single upcoming SpaceX rideshare mission, the largest number of spacecraft it has supported on one launch…
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Chinese researchers achieve thorough simulation of Martian dust cycle-Xinhua
BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — A group of Chinese researchers has carried out a comprehensive simulation of the Martian dust cycle, based on their self-developed next-generation Mars general-circulation model named GoMars.
According to a…
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Early Earth’s sky may have created the first ingredients for life
Earth’s ancient sky may have played a larger role in the beginnings of life than scientists once believed.
According to a study published Dec. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from CU Boulder and their…
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New method reveals how human cells initiate DNA replication
When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process can cause alterations in genomic DNA, promoting cellular ageing, cancer, and genetic disorders….
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Doomed ants send a final scent to save their colony
Ant societies behave like tightly integrated “superorganisms,” where thousands of individuals work together in a way that resembles the coordinated activity of cells in a body. Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)…
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SpaceX hits milestone with 60th launch of 2025 from California
SpaceX on Tuesday carried out its 60th orbital launch of 2025 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex, carrying 27 Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft…
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Pune researchers find massive, grand-design spiral galaxy existing since universe’s infancy
Two researchers from an astrophysics institute in Pune have discovered one of the most distant spiral galaxies ever observed – a massive, well-formed system that existed when the universe was just 1.5 billion years old.
The finding adds to growing…
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