Our species, Homo sapiens, is the most geographically diverse of all primate species, permanently living on every continent except Antarctica. We have achieved this through our unprecedented ability to develop adaptations that increase the odds…
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China-Europe partnership targets space weather in landmark joint mission
China and Europe in a rare collaboration are launching a joint space…
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Artemis II arrives in lunar space ahead of its trip around the Moon
Artemis II and its four-man crew have entered the Moon’s “sphere of influence,” meaning the spacecraft is more affected by lunar gravity than the Earth’s pull. The transition occurred at a distance of 39,000 miles from the Moon, four…
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Monday briefing: Can human-based space exploration still be meaningful? | Nasa
Good morning. For a short period today, the four-person crew of the Artemis II mission will be alone in space, unable to contact anyone on Earth. Facing the far side of the moon, the astronauts will be further from our planet than anyone before…
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Effects of temperature, brine, and inhibitor chemistry on emulsion stability in gas condensate systems under pipeline mixing conditions
Kumar, S., Rajput, V. S. & Mahto, V. Experimental studies on demulsification of heavy crude oil-in-water emulsions by chemicals, heating, and centrifuging. SPE Prod. Oper. 36(02), 375–386. https://doi.org/10.2118/204452-PA (2021).
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Airborne DNA reveals shifting reproductive timing in bryophytes
Reconstructing time from decades of air samples shows bryophytes releasing spores earlier as the climate warms.
In the Arctic, mosses and other bryophytes are providing early evidence of…
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How octopuses have sex without even seeing each other – Euronews.com
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Artemis II crew enters moon’s ‘sphere of influence’ ahead of historic flyby | Artemis II
The four astronauts on Nasa’s Artemis II mission have entered the moon’s “sphere of influence”, where its gravity has a stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth’s.
The crew made the transition, four days, six hours and two minutes into…
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For Artemis II astronauts, pull of moon’s gravity is now stronger than Earth’s
It’s official: The Artemis II astronauts have arrived in the moon’s cosmic neighborhood.
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The crew’s Orion capsule entered what’s known…
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Early Universe’s Hydrogen Finally Found by Astronomers
Astronomers using data from the Hobby–Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) have discovered tens of thousands of gigantic hydrogen gas halos, called “Lyman-alpha nebulae,” surrounding galaxies 10 billion to 12 billion…
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