NASA Expert Explains Why No Astronaut In History Has Ever Left Earth's Atmosphere
If you wanted to be a pedant, you could even argue we have never been to space.
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Entanglement as the Currency of Quantum Measurement
A powerful framework allows scientists to understand and classify joint quantum measurements—procedures essential for many quantum technologies.
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ATLAS gets under the hood of the Higgs mechanism
The detection of longitudinally polarized W boson production at the Large Hadron Collider is an important step towards understanding how the primordial electroweak symmetry broke, giving rise to the masses of elementary particles.
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Maryland congressmen vow to block proposed NASA science budget cuts
Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation expressed confidence that Congress will ultimately reject sharp cuts in NASA science programs proposed by the White House, citing competition with Chi…
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There's Something Special About Meteors That Collide With Earth
Much of what scientists know about the early Solar System comes from meteorites – ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere.
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New sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting nearby star detected
Using the radial velocity method, an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet orbiting a nearby star known as GI 410. The newfound alien world was classified as a sub-Neptune exoplanet with a mass of at least 8.4 Earth masses. …
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Webb brings dying star's energetic display into full focus
Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 (MIRI image)
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17 km into Antarctica, a missing submarine reveals the South Pole’s secrets
An extraordinary expedition recently ventured deep into the icy heart of Antarctica, offering a rare look at a world so remote and unexplored that it feels ... Continue Reading →
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The mouse, 'The Matrix,' and the revolutionary brain map
Researchers mapped 84,000 neurons in a mouse brain after it watched video clips. The 3D map links structure and activity.
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Our Galaxy's Neighbour Is Potentially Being Torn Apart by Its Bigger Sibling
A team of researchers at Nagoya University has discovered evidence that the Small Magellanic Cloud is potentially being torn apart by gravitational forces from its larger companion.
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A slowly spinning universe could solve the Hubble tension
A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by researchers including István Szapudi of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy suggests the universe may rotate—just extremely slowly. The finding could help solve one of …
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Life Deep Beneath The Soil Dominated by Mysterious New Phylum of Bacteria
The soil under our feet is teeming with mysterious life forms – possibly more than any other habitat on Earth.
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Largest Single Flood May Have Filled Mediterranean 5 Million Years Ago
A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.
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Astroforensics Reveals Surprise Twist in Death of Planet Swallowed by Star
A surprise twist has emerged in the tale of an exoplanet that was devoured by its star.
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Sophisticated pyrotechnology in the Ice Age: How humans made fire tens of thousands of years ago
Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools—it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling that hardly any well-preserved evidence of fireplaces from the coldest period of the I…
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Two Meteor Showers Are About to Rock the Night Sky!
Two stunning meteor showers are about to light up the sky! Don’t miss the chance to witness the Lyrids and Eta Aquariids this April and May.
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What’s Inside a 520-Million-Year-Old Fossil? It Looks Like It’s From Yesterday!
A 520-million-year-old fossil with its brain and guts intact is rewriting our understanding of early arthropods. This incredible find offers a rare glimpse into the evolution of life on Earth.
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Here’s the latest on NASA’s Lunar Gateway, a program many people want to cancel
The NASA official in charge of Gateway briefed Ars on the program’s challenges and achievements.
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This Unassuming Mushroom Packs the Bitterest Taste Ever Measured
Scientists have discovered three new bitter-tasting compounds inside a mushroom called Amaropostia stiptica.
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3 big hunks of space junk crash to Earth every day — and it's only going to get worse
"Eventually we're going to get unlucky, and someone is going to get hurt by falling space debris."
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