This is our page devoted to scientific discoveries, advances and all of the other ” crazy stuff ” which scientists produce in their daily work. Here we are going to post the most important news concerning astronomy and science.
NASA probe leaving asteroid Bennu in May to deliver samples to Earth
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The Bennu samples will arrive here on Sept. 24, 2023.
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Geological Phenomenon Widening the Atlantic Ocean An upsurge of matter from deep beneath the Earth's crust could be pushing the continents of North and South America further apart from Europe and Africa, new research has found. The plates attached to the Americas are moving apart from those atta
Why is the far side of the moon so weird? Scientists may have solved a lunar mystery
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New study aims to understand the moon's asymmetry.
The Dream Of String Theory Is An Unlikely Broken Box
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There's a lot to get rid of if we want to get only our Universe out of String Theory.
Our world is losing ice at record rate
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A research team – the first to carry out a survey of global ice loss using satellite data – has discovered that the rate at which ice is disappearing across the planet is speeding up. The findings also reveal that 28 trillion tonnes of ice was lost between 1994 and 2017 – equivalent to a sheet...
Phase Four launches first plasma propulsion systems - SpaceNews
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Electric propulsion company Phase Four flew its first plasma thrusters on two spacecraft that were part of a SpaceX dedicated rideshare launch Jan. 24.
First-Ever Nanosatellite Thruster Built With Pure Ion Propulsion
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Researchers at MIT 3D printed an ion thruster that can glide through space with immense efficiency. Read it here.
SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype fires engines again to prep for test flight
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The high-altitude hop could come as early as Monday (Jan. 25).
Physicist proposes human-populated mega-satellite orbiting Ceres
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Physicist Pekka Janhunen with the Finnish Meteorological Institute has developed a novel idea to colonize a place other than the Earth—and it is not the moon or Mars. Instead, Janhunen is suggesting in a paper posted on the arXiv preprint server that humans populate a giant satellite that orbits C...
Dawn Aerospace aims to launch New Zealand's 1st space plane from a conventional airport
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Dawn Aerospace has received approval to fly a suborbital space plane from a conventional airport in New Zealand.