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NASA is preparing for next-generation deep space travel with its ultra-advanced Orion spacecraft, which is presumably the safest human-rated spacecraft eve
What can samples collected from a comet almost 20 years ago tell us about the history of comets and our solar system? This is what a recent study published
Concrete is the second most widely consumed resource on the planet (after water), and it has a massive carbon footprint. It's been estimated that concr
It was just at the end of last year that NASA divulged its plans to resume lunar-centric science operations. Perhaps one of the most striking components of
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Last year at this time a Dutch construction company called VolkerWessels released their plans to build roads from plastics recycled from ocean trash. The
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Labroots recently shared key celestial events for November 2023 which offered skywatchers an opportunity to witness 16 days of events that included numerou
David Handy is a PhD student in Biological Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) studying how bacteria assists in plant growth
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines an artificial intelligence-based technique capable of differentiat
Scientists have long sought to determine how life first arose on our planet, and finding an answer to that question could help us find life on other planet
Scientists may have created a diagnostic test that can identify as many as one-fifth of potential autism spectrum disorder cases. If developed, such a test
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With mining spatial bodies, such as asteroids, now deemed legal by congress, and with no restrictions or regulations being put on the earnings (apart from
Today is officially designated as Pluto Demoted Day, which commemorates when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted on August 24, 2006 to rewrite
The role of telomeres in the aging process has become a hot topic in biology, and recent study have linked telomeres - the protective caps at the end of DN
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