Category: Science
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Astronomers discover intense and mysterious radio signal. Here’s what it means
bySALT LAKE CITY — Astronomers spotted a mysterious radio signal floating through space, and they’re unsure what it means. Patrick Boyle from Canada’s McGill University posted an observationon The Astronomer’s Telegram, an accredited website where astronomers can post their observations, that said a radio telescope called the Canadian Hydrogen Mapping Intensity Experiment (CHIME) saw a mysterious fast […]
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These 4 Zodiac Signs Will Feel The Partial Solar Eclipse The Most, But It’s All For The Best
byEclipse season is here, and the universe has yet another message for the collective. Truth is, the majority of us haven’t even began to process last month’s lunar eclipse, let alone the upcoming solar eclipse. However, in reality, these four zodiac signs will feel the partial solar eclipse the most: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius. That’s […]
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Fentanyl drug deaths rise by nearly a third in England and Wales
byFatalities linked to synthetic opioid increased by 29% in a year, according to ONS figures Deaths caused by the drug fentanyl rose by nearly 30% last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. While statistics show that the rate of deaths from drug poisoning in England and Wales has remained steady – […]
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Stem cells to be transplanted into brains of Parkinson’s patients in world-first trials
byBy Emma Lorinsan The deterioration of motor skills in Parkinson’s patients is driven by the decline of dopamine production, but researchers in Japan are making exciting progress on a way to potentially arrest the slide. Following promising experiments on monkeys last year, scientists at Kyoto University are now preparing to begin transplanting reprogrammed stem cells into […]
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Star swings around black hole, tests gravity
byAstronomers have seen a star’s light redden as it passed our galaxy’s central black hole, as predicted Scientists have Einstein right where they want him. Today in Garching, Germany, Reinhard Genzel (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany) and his colleagues announced that they have detected the shift in a star’s light caused by the […]
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Mars becomes close to earth next week
byAn important discovery has been made on our celestial neighbor, Mars, and the Red Planet will be very close to Earth next week. During the evening, those looking towards the sky may have noticed a bright orange-red star. That “star” is actually the planet Mars. Jason Major, a local space blogger for LightsInTheDark.com, said it will be […]
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NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Just Found a New Type of Martian Aurora
byAuroras appear on Earth as ghostly displays of colorful light in the night sky, usually near the poles. Our rocky neighbor Mars has auroras too, and NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft just found a new type of Martian aurora that occurs over much of the day side of the Red Planet, where auroras are very hard to […]
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Our Neighbor Andromeda May Have Cannibalized Another Galaxy
byOur nearest galactic neighbor, the spiral Andromeda galaxy, seems to have a history of cannibalism. New research suggests that Andromeda gobbled up another large galaxy some two billion years ago. Galactic histories are rife with uncertainty and chaos—but how much chaos? New models of galactic formation demonstrate that Andromeda may have undergone one big merger […]
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NASA’S CAR-SIZED PARKER SOLAR PROBE TO THE SUN EXPECTED TO LAUNCH IN AUGUST
byUS space agency NASA is preparing to launch a probe in August to study the Sun closer than any human-made object ever has, revealing multiple mysteries behind the star. The car-sized spacecraft called Parker Solar Probe is slated to lift off no earlier than 6 August on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy, according to NASA, Xinhuanews […]
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Researchers Discover 50000000-carat Diamond Inside the Earth
byJakarta, NNC – Scientists have just discovered a hoard of diamonds, very precious that it will destroy the world’s economy. Scientists consider there is a ton of diamonds buried in the ‘cratonic roots’ in four continents. There is only one small catch: the treasure is buried 100 miles down, deeper than any drill has ever penetrated, according […]
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