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South Korea creates new KASA space agency, sets sights on the moon and Mars
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
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
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
Categories: Astronomy
Scientists find slowest spinning 'radio neutron star' — it breaks all the dead-star rules
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
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
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
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
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
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
Experts have only started to crack the tricky twin prime conjecture
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Women Are More Likely to Get Drug-Resistant Infections
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
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
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
Categories: Astronomy
Massive 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster suggests dark matter smashes into itself
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
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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Atoms at temperatures beyond absolute zero may be a new form of matter
Physicists have coaxed a cloud of atoms into having a temperature beyond absolute zero and placed them in a geometric structure that could produce an unknown form of matter
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Atoms at temperatures beyond absolute zero may be a new form of matter
Physicists have coaxed a cloud of atoms into having a temperature beyond absolute zero and placed them in a geometric structure that could produce an unknown form of matter
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Neuralink’s First User Describes Life with Elon Musk’s Brain Chip
Thirty-year-old Noland Arbaugh says the Neuralink chip has let him “reconnect with the world”
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ILA 2024 – Day 3
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How Astronomy Helped Create Your Smartphone’s Camera
The next time you snap a selfie, consider thanking an astronomer for your phone’s camera
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