Rocket Mining System Developed to Exploit the Moon’s Resources—10 Things You Should Know
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The American company Masten Space Systems has presented a plan for the extraction of ice on the Moon in the…
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Hubble in Trouble—Space Telescope’s Future Uncertain After Main Computer Glitch
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NASA specialists were unable to connect the backup memory module of the Hubble space telescope, which is why the observatory…
3,200-Year-Old Monument in Turkey is Likely an Ancient Cosmic Chart —10 Things You Need to Know
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Archaeologists have presented a study that re-interprets the purpose of an ancient Hittite sanctuary – the Yazilikaya temple. According to…
Mystery Dimming of Star in Orion’s Constellation Solved—Here’s What You Need to Know
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Astronomers using ground-based telescopes have confirmed that the Great Dimming of Betelgeuse, which occurred a couple of years ago, was…
Two Mystery Human Species Lived Together 50,000-Years Ago in Israel–10 Reasons Why This is Important
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Archaeologists obtained new dates for the Boker-Takhtit Paleolithic site in the Negev desert in Israel and compared them with the…
A Weird Animal Mistaken as a Bid Turns Out to Be Entirely New Species of Lizard
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Paleontologists have conclusively established that Oculudentavis khaungraae, a tiny “dinosaur” found in Burmese amber, was in fact a new unusual…
10 Reasons Why Moons of Rogue Exoplanets are a Good Place for Alien Life
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Scientists modeled the conditions on the surface of a satellite of a massive rogue exoplanet that left its home star…
NASA to Land on the Moon’s Far Side—10 Things Why This Matters
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NASA has announced the selection of three new scientific payloads at once, which will be part of its own initiative…
We May Just Have Discovered a New Type of Star—10 Things You Should Know
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An unusual star has been discovered in the central part of the Milky Way, the brightness of which either decreases…
China’s Lander and Rover Make History on Mars
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The China National Space Administration has released new images of Mars taken by China’s first rover, Zhurong. Among them is…
CHIME Telescope Spots Hundreds of Mysterious Alien Signals—10 Things You Should Know
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Scientists from Canada and the United States reported that in the first year of operation of the CHIME radio telescope,…
We’ve Finally Mapped The Entire Human Genome—10 Reasons Why This is Huge
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In June 2000, the Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics Corporation announced the completion of work on the sequencing of…
Ancient Necropolis Unearthed In Croatia
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Croatian archaeologists have discovered a new late antique necropolis during excavations on the island of Hvar in Croatia. The remains…
10 Things You Need to Know About Australia’s Biggest Dinosaur
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Australian paleontologists have described a new species of sauropod – giant long-necked dinosaurs. Scientists named it Australotitan cooperensis. It is…
Mind-Boggling Images Snapped by Juno Reveal Unprecedented Close-Up Details Of Jupiter’s Moon
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NASA’s automated interplanetary station “Juno” has sent the first detailed images of Jupiter’s largest moon Ganymede, taken during the recent…
Massive 2500-Year-Old Egyptian Monument Discovered in Farmlands
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A sandstone slab covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions was discovered by a resident of the Egyptian city of Ismailia. It turned…
24,000-Year-Old Siberian Worms Revived By Experts—10 Things You Need To Know
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Russian biologists have isolated living bdelloid rotifers from about twenty-four thousand years old permafrost. Apparently, all this time, the tiny…
8000-Year-Old Artifacts Reveal Psychedelic Raves in Ancient Times—10 Things you should know
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Finnish and Russian archaeologists have experimentally confirmed that pendants made of elk teeth from the Olene-Ostrovsky Mesolithic burial ground in…
First People To Visit Antarctica Were Ancient Māori–10 Things You Need to Know
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People could have conquered Antarctica much earlier than official records say. It is known that this continent was discovered in…
NASA Spacecraft To Make Unprecedented Close Visit To Jupiter’s Biggest Moon
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It has been two decades since Jupiter’s Galilean moons were studied in detail by a space mission. The last time…
Look Up and See Dominating Cosmic Triangle in the Night Sky
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One of the most pressing questions that novice astronomy lovers normally ask is this: how to learn to navigate in…
Pentagon Report Says Alien Spacecraft Can’t Be Ruled Out—10 Important Facts
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The Pentagon has not found convincing evidence of the presence of alien spaceships in the sky over the United States….