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Hubble and the Chandra observatory resume observations
Following the failure of two NASA telescopes - Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory - scientific operations have been suspended. The…
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Life sciences
The secret of dandelion seed flight
The remarkable ability of dandelion seeds to move through the air is made possible by a form of flight not previously observed…
Space
A super-Earth in orbit around our nearest single star
A rocky planet more than three times the size of Earth orbits the star Bernard, which is "only" six light-years away. The…
Space
Parker Solar Probe survives first close encounter with the Sun
The Parker Solar Probe has survived its first close approach to the sun, NASA reported. The spacecraft came within 24 million kilometers…
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Dawn has exhausted its fuel supply. The mission to the asteroid belt has come to an end
A few days after the news of the end of the Kepler Space Telescope mission, another NASA mission has come to an…
Life sciences
A lab-grown retina reveals the secrets of colour perception
How cells that allow people to see colors are made? To answer this question, the researchers created a human retina in the…
Earth & environment
UN report: the ozone layer is regenerating
UN report shows that international efforts to reduce the ozone hole are paying off. In 1987, an international agreement known as the…
Life sciences
A formula for longevity: a drug combination that doubles nematode lifespan
Researchers have developed a drug combination that has nearly doubled the life span of nematodes. The cocktail of chemicals also allowed the…
Space
The existence of the Kordelevsky moons has been confirmed
Astronomers have speculated for decades about dust clouds supposedly located at Lagrange points. Their existence was first suggested by Polish astronomer Kazimierz…
Space
The first detailed observations of matter orbiting close to a black hole
New observations made with ESO's extremely sensitive instrument GRAVITY have shown a gas cloud accelerating at a speed of about 30 per…