Category: 7. Science
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What happened when a solar superstorm hit Mars?
In May 2024, a hyperactive sunspot region blasted an X2.9 flare. When the solar superstorm hit Mars, it resulted in a large amount of material spewing outward (to the left in this image), then pummeling both Earth and Mars. New research shows… -

NASA says asteroid 2024 YR will miss moon in 2032
NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there’s now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032.
The space agency had been predicting a 4.3% chance of a direct hit. But observations by the…
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It’s a staggering 300 metres underground, features amazing 11-metre-tall crystals – and has a deadly 90% humidity level
The aptly named Cave of Crystals, in Chihuahua, Mexico, is buried around 300 metres underground and contains giant gypsum crystals up to 11 metres long.
Some are big enough to walk on and are so impressive they earned the cave its alternative…
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Scientists just found an unknown force that helps the brain wire itself
For a long time, scientists have known that cells don’t just wander as tissues grow. They follow invisible “chemical maps.” These maps are made of signalling molecules that spread out in gradients, like the smell of food drifting through a…
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600-million-year-old secret of the human body may lie inside this brainless ocean creature |
The ocean still hides many secrets, and sometimes the smallest or simplest creatures reveal the biggest clues about life. Scientists have long believed that complex animals such as humans evolved through a gradual process that shaped our bodies…
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Association study of optineurin gene polymorphisms T34T and M98K with normal tension glaucoma in a Turkish cohort
Quigley, H. A. & Broman, A. T. The number of people with glaucoma worldwide in 2010 and 2020. Br. J. Ophthalmol. 90(3), 262–7 (2006).
McCann, P. et al. Glaucoma in the Northern Ireland Cohort…
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A perfectly balanced atom just broke one of nuclear physics’ biggest rules
For many years, nuclear physicists believed that “Islands of Inversion” were found mainly in isotopes packed with extra neutrons. These unusual regions of the nuclear chart are places where the normal structure of atomic nuclei suddenly stops…
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NASA DART mission reveals asteroids throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other
Roughly 15% of asteroids that pass near Earth have a smaller companion orbiting them. These paired objects are known as binary asteroid systems, and they are surprisingly common in our region of the solar system.
A research team led by the…
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NASA DART mission reveals asteroids throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other
Roughly 15% of asteroids that pass near Earth have a smaller companion orbiting them. These paired objects are known as binary asteroid systems, and they are surprisingly common in our region of the solar system.
A research team led by the…
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Chickpeas Grown in Simulated Lunar Soil – 조선일보
- Chickpeas Grown in Simulated Lunar Soil 조선일보
- Bioremediation of lunar regolith simulant through mycorrhizal fungi and plant symbioses enables chickpea to seed Nature
- Can we grow life on Mars? Experiments show potential in simulated…
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