The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.

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ESA launches 'Lunar Horizons' Moon mission game in Fortnite

ESO Top News - Fri, 04/12/2024 - 4:00am

Suit up and get ready to launch on your own amazingly realistic Moon mission! Available now in Fortnite, Lunar Horizons is a vividly immersive experience set on the Moon during a future international mission. Released on 11 April 2024, the game was created by Epic Games, ESA and Hassell, in collaboration with Buendea and Team PWR.

Categories: Astronomy

Earth from Space: The Ebro Delta

ESO Top News - Fri, 04/12/2024 - 4:00am
Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows the delta of the Ebro River on the northeast coast of Spain.
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists Found a Way to Supercharge Cancer-Fighting Cells

Scientific American.com - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 4:00pm

The bioengineered immune players called CAR T cells last longer and work better if pumped up with a large dose of a protein that makes them resemble stem cells

Categories: Astronomy

How Will EPA’s New Rule about ‘Forever Chemicals’ Protect Your Drinking Water?

Scientific American.com - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 3:45pm

A new EPA rule will limit PFASs, or “forever chemicals,” in your drinking water for the first time. Here’s what that means for you

Categories: Astronomy

Why Some People Always Get Lost—And Others Never Do

Scientific American.com - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 2:00pm

Experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction

Categories: Astronomy

NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record

Earth News - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 4:05pm
The summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
Categories: NASA

NASA: El verano de 2023 es el más caluroso en el registro

Earth News - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 12:03pm
El verano boreal de 2023 fue el más caluroso para la Tierra desde que se establecieron registros mundiales de temperaturas en 1880, según un análisis realizado por científicos del Instituto Goddard de Estudios Espaciales (GISS, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA en Nueva York.
Categories: NASA