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Photo credit: STR – Getty Images From popular mechanics The big rocket scene on March 5B in China restored the Earth’s atmosphere and fell back to Earth after the successful launch on May 5. The nearly 20-ton rocket stage is the largest uncontrolled object to fall from low-Earth orbit since the Soviet Salyut 7 space station failed to operate in …

More than 82,000 people in the United States died of COVID-19 on Tuesday. How many more lives will be lost? Scientists have built dozens of computational models to answer this question. But the abundance of forecasts is a challenge: The models use such a wide range of methodologies, formats and time frames that it is difficult to get even an …

The finding suggests that crops may be mixed during this time. Tsenka Tsanova / A handful of fossils and tools found in a Bulgarian cave suggest that modern humans were present in Europe about 46,000 years ago – and they may have interacted with Neanderthals longer than previously thought. According to two studies published in Nature and Nature Ecology & …

A team of researchers looks at what the solar system might look like in its earliest stages, unlocking answers to the formation of amino acids – and ultimately life as we know it – by analyzing ancient cosmic rocks. The new findings, reported by an international team of scientists led by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), were published this week …

A team of American and South African researchers has published extremely detailed images of the largest “radio galaxy” in the form of X – PKS 2014-55. In particular, they helped resolve the ongoing confusion about the unusual shape of the galaxy. The spectacular new images were made using the 64-antenna MeerKAT telescope in South Africa by an international research team …

Scientists are looking at Mars in a whole new way. This is because a new analysis of a famous piece of the red planet has revealed something exciting: traces of nitrogen. Nitrogen, together with organic molecules – carbon-rich molecules which are considered the building blocks of life as we know it – were observed in the meteorite of Alan Hills, …

Copyright Richard Walton Caption of the image Skipper moth was among the species examined in the study Long regarded as annoying creatures that can leave holes in your clothes, moths have been misjudged, scientists say. New research shows that they play a vital role as overnight pollinators on a wide range of flowers and plants. The study says that the …

Copyright Richard Walton Caption of the image Skipper moth was among the species examined in the study Long regarded as annoying creatures that can leave holes in your clothes, moths have been misjudged, scientists say. New research shows that they play a vital role as overnight pollinators on a wide range of flowers and plants. The study says that the …

Copyright Richard Walton Caption of the image Skipper moth was among the species examined in the study Long regarded as annoying creatures that can leave holes in your clothes, moths have been misjudged, scientists say. New research shows that they play a vital role as overnight pollinators on a wide range of flowers and plants. The study says that the …

You don’t have to train as an astronaut to know what it’s like to fly a Crew Dragon – you just need a web browser and a little patience. TechCrunch notes that SpaceX has launched a web simulator that allows you to connect the capsule to the International Space Station using the “actual interface” the team relies on. The introduction …