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Earth’s Days to Grow at an Unprecedented Rate as Polar Ice Melts : ScienceAlert
It's well known that as far as the climate crisis goes, time is of the essence.Now a study out Monday shows that the melting of the polar ice caps is causing our planet to spin more slowly, increasing the length of days at an…
Fossil Collector Unearths the Most Complete Dinosaur in the UK Since 1923
An artist’s impression of the new dinosaur, Comptonatus chasei. Credit: John SibbickA new dinosaur <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="speciesA species is a group of living…
Bennu Holds the Solar System’s “Original Ingredients”
A microscope image of a dark Bennu particle, about a millimeter long, with a crust of bright phosphate. To the right is a smaller fragment that broke off. Credit: From Lauretta & Connolly et al. (2024) Meteoritics & Planetary…
Here’s how U. astronomers helped make a galactic discovery ‘on the level of
SALT LAKE CITY — Within a galaxy spanning many light-years and over 13 billion years old, it makes sense that major astronomical discoveries come few and far between — and that's putting it lightly.Nestled in the Milky Way is the Omega…
Are We Drinking Water Delivered by Dark Comets?
New research suggests that dark comets, which make up to 60% of near-Earth objects, may have originated from the asteroid belt and could carry subsurface ice that potentially contributed to Earth’s water. Credit: SciTechDaily.comA…
Cygnus cargo spacecraft departs the ISS for a fiery re-entry in Earth’s
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A private cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) this morning (July 12).Northrop Grumman's Cygnus vehicle undocked from the ISS today at 7:01 a.m.…
Time might be a mirage created by quantum physics, study suggests
Time may not be a fundamental element of the universe but rather an illusion emerging from quantum entanglement, a new study suggests. Time is a thorny problem for physicists; its inconsistent behavior between our best theories of the…
NASA still expects Starliner to return astronauts from ISS
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida…
Strange Motion of Neutrons Proves Nature Is Fundamentally Bizarre : ScienceAlert
At the very smallest scales, our intuitive view of reality no longer applies. It's almost as if physics is fundamentally indecisive, a truth that gets harder to ignore as we zoom in on the particles that pixelate our Univerrse.
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Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket launching for 1st time ever on July 9
Europe's new heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket is set to make its long-delayed debut today (July 9).If all goes according to plan, the Ariane 6 will launch from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Tuesday during a four-hour window…