Why was Stonehenge built? | Living Sciences
Stonehenge Perhaps the most famous are the vast circular monuments constructed of wood or stone dotting the British countryside. It is likely that a prehistoric monument was erected in what…
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Sci-Hub gets its own Twitter account
Sci-Hub home page.A screen shot: Shoshana Wudinsky (Gizmodo) On Twitter on Friday, open source advocates and academics penned one up on suspension From Sci-Hub, A site that allows researchers to…
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The Hubble Telescope reveals rare and fascinating scenes of the collision of six different galaxies
The Hubble Space Telescope team celebrated the start of 2021 with pictures of six different galaxy mergers. Top left to right: NGC 3256, NGC 1614, NGC 4194. Bottom: NGC 3690,…
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NASA prepares to run engines on ‘most powerful rocket ever built’
Space Launch System Test: NASA is preparing to launch engines on the “ most powerful rocket ever built ” that can reach speeds of 17,500 mph and will one day…
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Birds have an ambiguous “quantum sense”. For the first time, scientists saw it in action
Seeing our world through the eyes of a migratory bird would be a somewhat frightening experience. Something about their visual system allows them to “see” the magnetic field of our…
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Researchers are taking another look at Platypus DNA, and yes, it’s still weird
Duckbill platypus.Photo: Martin Pilanek (Shutterstock) Swaying, waving, strolling, digging, and spawning. There is no shortage of verbiage when it comes to describing monotremata – the A taxonomic arrangement consists of…
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NASA will launch its gigantic SLS rocket on the moon in its final “green operation” test this month
Despite a new problem with the valves, NASA says it is ready to move forward with the next phase of the megarget test that will send the unmanned Artemis 1…
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The launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Turkish satellite from Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral, Florida. After a very busy year, SpaceX plans to start 2021 with the first launch sooner Thursday from Cape Canaveral, sending a Turkish communications satellite. The Space Coast…
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SpaceX’s Starship SN9 prototype is launching its engines for the first time
SpaceX launched its latest releases Starship First prototype. The SN9’s three engines lit up For about one second today (Jan 6) at 5:07 PM EST (2200 GMT) during a steady…
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Last year, reusable rockets entered the mainstream, and there’s no going back
On December 13, 2020, a Falcon 9 rocket launched the Sirius XM-7 mission. This was the seventh flight of this first stage. Trevor Mahlman This was the most experienced missile…
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