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Ancient civilizations are reluctant to reveal their secrets. The Egyptian pyramids are considered one of the wonders of the world for a reason. Scientists are still debating how they were built in the third millennium B.C., and in the middle of a sandy desert. IFLScience reminds us that the pyramids were built of huge stone […]
SpaceX has launched classified satellites for the U.S. Space Force into orbit as part of the secret USSF-124 mission, Space reports. The mission of the USSF-124 is related to US national security. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying satellites was launched from the Space Force Station at Cape Canaveral in Florida on February 15 at 00:30 […]
Ex-executives of the space company Blue Origin decided to engage in commercial activities to extract a rare isotope of helium, helium-3 (He-3), from lunar regolith and created the startup Interlune. According to TechCrunch, Interlune has already raised $15.5 million to develop equipment for helium-3 production on the Moon. However, specific information about the extraction methods […]
Under the heavily cratered and icy surface of Mimas, one of Saturn’s smallest moons, scientists have found a vast ocean of liquid water. This is reported by Sciencedaily, Ukrinform reports. This discovery, led by Dr. Valérie Laney of the Paris Observatory PSL, makes Mimas a prime target for studying the origin of life in the […]
Researchers from the University of Madison have printed functional human brain tissue using 3D printing for the first time, according to the university’s website. Here’s why it’s important. A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed the first 3D-printed brain tissue that can grow and function like typical brain tissue. Instead of […]
SpaceX has launched a new batch of Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit, Space reports. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on February 10 at 02:34 a.m. Kyiv time. The launch took place on SpaceX’s third attempt, as the first two attempts were […]
The Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the crew of Axiom Space’s Axiom-3 commercial mission returned to Earth from the International Space Station after almost three weeks. This was reported by the media. The publication notes that at about 8:20 a.m. US East Coast time, the ship entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, and a few […]
Wolves living in the exclusion zone of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant can help fight cancer due to their resistance to cancer acquired under the influence of radiation. American researcher Kara Love from Princeton University has found that Chornobyl wolves have changes in their immune systems similar to those observed in patients undergoing radiotherapy. During […]
SpaceX plans to use its Falcon 9 rocket to send Intuitive Machines’ new Nova-C lander to the moon. The rocket is scheduled to be launched on February 14, at 08:57 Moscow time, from the John F. Kennedy Space Center. JFK in Florida. It will take Nova-C nine days to reach the Moon and attempt a […]
The M-class solar flare, which occurred in the area of sunspot AR3575, caused extensive shortwave radio communications outages in the South Pacific. In Australia and Southeast Asia, sailors and radio amateurs reported signal loss at frequencies below 30 megahertz within an hour of the peak of the outbreak. There were also short-term power outages in […]