Hippos, now found only in sub-Saharan Africa, managed to survive in central Europe far longer than anyone previously believed. A new analysis of ancient bones shows that hippos lived in the Upper Rhine Graben between about 47,000 and 31,000 years…
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Hippos once roamed frozen Germany with mammoths
Hippos, now found only in sub-Saharan Africa, managed to survive in central Europe far longer than anyone previously believed. A new analysis of ancient bones shows that hippos lived in the Upper Rhine Graben between about 47,000 and 31,000 years…
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Space debris: How dead satellites could be poisoning our atmosphere – Aerospace Global News
- Space debris: How dead satellites could be poisoning our atmosphere Aerospace Global News
- Video Explores The Weirdest (and Most Dangerous) Junk Orbiting Earth GeekTyrant
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Radio waves in the early universe may finally reveal dark matter
Long before the first stars appeared, the Universe was silent. No galaxies. No light. Just vast stretches of hydrogen gas and something mysterious shaping everything we now see – dark matter.
A team at Tel Aviv University has tried something…
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Could we blast space debris out of harm’s way with ion beams?
A new space debris removal project aims to blast hazardous junk out of harm’s way from a distance, without the need for physical contact.
Called ALBATOR, the 3.9 million Euro ($4.6 million USD) early-stage concept is examining non-kinetic methods…
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Experiment Reveals What Is Truly Burrowing Beneath Mars’s Dunes Each Spring : ScienceAlert
Strange, sinuous gullies etched into the dunes of Mars are finally giving up their secrets.
These gouges, new experiments reveal, are carved by the explosive sublimation of dry ice, burrowing down the slopes like a mole and blasting away sand…
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Weird symmetry between Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres appears to be breaking
Years ago, scientists noted something odd: Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres reflect nearly the same amount of sunlight back into space. The reason why this symmetry is odd is because the Northern Hemisphere has more land, cities,
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Moth-Inspired Drone Can Locate and Hover Around a Light Source
A flapping-wing drone developed by researchers at the University of Cincinnati can locate and hover around a moving light source like a moth.
Moth-Inspired Drone

Moth-like drone that navigates using an extremum-seeking feedback system;… Continue Reading
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New possible volcanic exomoon orbiting searing hot exoplanet
View larger. | In this image from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft – captured in 1997 – an active volcano erupts on the limb, or edge, of Jupiter’s moon Io. If it’s real, the nearly discovered volcanic exomoon – some 700 light-years away –… Continue Reading