Touching the asteroid Ryugu revealed secrets of its surface and changing orbit
On Feb. 21, 2019, we shot an asteroid.
Space Exploration
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South Africa's MeerKAT solves mystery of 'X-galaxies'
Many galaxies far more active than the Milky Way have enormous twin jets of radio waves extending far into intergalactic space. Normally these go in opposite directions, coming from a massive black hole at the centre of the ...
Astronomy
May 8, 2020
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NASA's Perseverance rover spacecraft put in launch configuration
Engineers working on NASA's Perseverance rover mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun the process of placing the Mars-bound rover and other spacecraft components into the configuration they'll be in as ...
Space Exploration
May 8, 2020
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Dendrimers finally have what it takes to break into the laser scene
Advances in optical devices are supported by the development of new materials. Microcrystallites of luminescent organic compounds can act as tiny laser sources for such devices, for example, in displays and other components. ...
Materials Science
May 8, 2020
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Beer was here! A new microstructural marker for malting in the archaeological record
A new method for reliably identifying the presence of beer or other malted foodstuffs in archaeological finds is described in a study published May 6, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas G. Heiss from the ...
Archaeology
May 8, 2020
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Prehistoric sea creatures evolved pebble-shaped teeth to crush shellfish
As bad as things might seem here in 2020, they could be worse: we could be living 252 million years ago during the Permian mass extinction. Volcanic eruptions and dramatic, sudden climate change killed most of the animals ...
Archaeology
May 8, 2020
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Computer vision helps scientists study lithium ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries lose their juice over time, causing scientists and engineer to work hard to understand that process in detail. Now, scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have ...
Materials Science
May 8, 2020
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China's new spacecraft returns to Earth: official
China's new prototype spacecraft "successfully landed" on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon.
Space Exploration
May 8, 2020
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Gemini gets lucky and takes a deep dive into Jupiter's clouds
Researchers using a technique known as "lucky imaging" with the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea have collected some of the highest resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the ground. These images are part ...
Astronomy
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