An international team of paleontologists has identified a previously unknown dinosaur species named Khankhuuluu, believed to be the closest-known ancestor of the giant Tyrannosaurs. The discovery, led by Jared Voris and Dr. Darla Zelenitsky from…
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Scientists Just Found a Super-Earth Exoplanet Only 18 Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert
A new exoplanet candidate has just burst onto the scene, and it may be one of the best alien worlds yet on which to search for extraterrestrial life.
It’s just 18 light-years away: a super-Earth named GJ 251c with a minimum mass about 3.84…
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Australia’s Gilmour Space ‘not going to give up’ as it eyes 2nd orbital launch attempt in 2026
The Australian company Gilmour Space aims to make a second attempt to reach space in 2026, having turned a cow paddock into a launch pad.
Gilmour Space launched its first Eris rocket on July 29 from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in coastal…
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Selection for photocatalytic function through Darwinian evolution of synthetic self-replicators
Ayala, F. J. Darwin’s greatest discovery: design without designer. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 104, 8567–8573 (2007).
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China becoming key contributor to cosmic understanding, academician says
BEIJING — China is transitioning from being a user of space technology to a major contributor to humanity”s cosmic understanding, said Wang Chi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and director of…
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Sea Sponge “Wigs” Help Male Australian Humpback Dolphins To Woo Their Partners
In a now infamous prank interview, actor Dominic Monaghan once asked fellow Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood, “When will you wear wigs?”. Wood didn’t have a response – but were we to pose the same question about a group of Australian…
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China becoming key contributor to cosmic understanding, academician says-Xinhua
BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — China is transitioning from being a user of space technology to a major contributor to humanity’s cosmic understanding, said Wang Chi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and director of the CAS…
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Nanoconfined water shows 10,000-fold conductivity increase in nanoscale channels
Water confined in nanoscale channels has dramatically different electrical properties from bulk water, researchers at the University of Manchester have demonstrated. The differences, which include up to 100,000-fold greater conductivity…
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XRISM Catches a Pulsar’s Cosmic Wind…and Sees a Surprising Result
The joint XRISM X-ray observatory chronicles the strange winds of a dying star.
The Universe is a strange place. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) orbiting observatory recently highlighted this fact, when it was turned…
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