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Doctor Who 'Dot and Bubble': Why are space slugs eating influencers in Finetime?

Space.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 12:00pm
In the fifth episode of "Doctor Who," called"'Dot and Bubble," a city has been invaded by giant, human-eating space slugs, and they seem to have a plan.
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Writers accept lower pay when they use AI to help with their work

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 12:00pm
When writers are allowed to get help from ChatGPT, they accept lower pay, fuelling fears that AI will lower the value of skilled workers
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Writers accept lower pay when they use AI to help with their work

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 12:00pm
When writers are allowed to get help from ChatGPT, they accept lower pay, fuelling fears that AI will lower the value of skilled workers
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Hubble to Transition to New Observing Mode, Will Continue Science

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 11:37am

NASA engineers are working to extend operations for the venerable space telescope. Observations are expected to continue by mid-June.

The post Hubble to Transition to New Observing Mode, Will Continue Science appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

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SENER’s SIROM system interconnect testing in ESA’s ORL

ESO Top News - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 11:11am
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SENER is testing the docking capabilities of the SIROM system by launching the MANTIS floating platform into an equally free-floating REACSA at ESA's Orbital Robotics Laboratory. This free-floating tests simulate the dynamics of rigid body contact and present an opportunity to gather valuable insights into the performance of SIROM in approximately 200 docking scenarios.

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South Korea creates new KASA space agency, sets sights on the moon and Mars

Space.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 11:06am
South Korea has announced the creation of a new space agency and is aiming to land its own spacecraft on the moon and Mars in the coming decades.
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Physicists want to drill a 5-kilometre-deep hole on the moon

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 10:00am
Going deep into lunar rock could give us an opportunity to see if protons can decay into something else – a finding that could help us unify conflicting physics theories
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Physicists want to drill a 5-kilometre-deep hole on the moon

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 10:00am
Going deep into lunar rock could give us an opportunity to see if protons can decay into something else – a finding that could help us unify conflicting physics theories
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Scientists find slowest spinning 'radio neutron star' — it breaks all the dead-star rules

Space.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 10:00am
Taking almost a full hour to rotate rather than fractions of a second, ASKAP J1935+2148 is the slowest spinning radio-blasting neutron star ever seen.
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Why More Space Launches Could Be a Good Thing for the Climate

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:30am

A space technology company CEO explains how growing competition in the commercial space industry may help boost climate science

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Week in images: 03-06 June 2024

ESO Top News - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:15am

Week in images: 03-06 June 2024

Discover our week through the lens

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How to wrap your mind around the real multiverse

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:00am
Fictional portrayals of parallel universes are fun to explore, but the scientific view of the multiverse looks very different
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How to wrap your mind around the real multiverse

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:00am
Fictional portrayals of parallel universes are fun to explore, but the scientific view of the multiverse looks very different
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'Sudden, brief, and unexpected:' dearMoon crew laments cancellation of private SpaceX Starship moon mission

Space.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:00am
Crew members selected for a planned flight around the moon funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa shared public feelings of disappointment after the mission's cancellation.
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Prime Number Puzzle Has Stumped Mathematicians for More Than a Century

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:00am

Experts have only started to crack the tricky twin prime conjecture

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Women Are More Likely to Get Drug-Resistant Infections

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:30am

More countries must recognize how gender affects exposure to pathogens, finds a review by the World Health Organization

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Male lemurs grow bigger testicles when there are other males around

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:00am
Dominant male Verreaux’s sifakas always have the largest testicles in their group to make the most sperm, and they can grow their gonads to make sure of it
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Male lemurs grow bigger testicles when there are other males around

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:00am
Dominant male Verreaux’s sifakas always have the largest testicles in their group to make the most sperm, and they can grow their gonads to make sure of it
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Massive 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster suggests dark matter smashes into itself

Space.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:00am
El Gordo is a massive collection of colliding galaxies 7 billion light-years away. Its odd behavior could suggest dark matter interacts with itself.
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Some People with Insomnia Think They’re Awake when They’re Asleep

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:00am

You say you haven’t slept all night. Brain scans say you have. New science says both inferences may be right

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