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NASA’s Chandra Space X-ray Observatory has detected a cluster of pulsars, or “spiders,” that are swallowing up their satellite stars in the Omega Centauri globular cluster, Space.com reports. The observations should help scientists better understand how rapidly rotating neutron stars, called “spiders,” consume their neighbors, destroying the surrounding stars with intense radiation. The five spider […]
The European Space Agency has evaluated the full cycle of the fire test of the first stage of the Ariane 6 rocket. The agency decided to conduct the first flight test next year. At the end of last month, Arianespace tested the first stage engine. It operated for 426 seconds, after which it was automatically […]
After two successful Falcon 9 rocket launches from California and Florida, SpaceX ended the first weekend of December with a static test of the Falcon Heavy rocket. The ignition of 27 Merlin engines took place a week before the scheduled national security launch, which had been planned for half a dozen years. The U.S. Space […]
Scientists have trained AI to track the origin of wine based on routine chemical analyzes, which will allow distinguishing fake wines from genuine ones. This was reported by The Guardian. “There are a lot of cases of wine fraud where people make some stuff in their garage, print labels and sell it for thousands of […]
Unusual orange aurorae were spotted in the sky over Scotland during a geomagnetic storm on November 25. This is reported by Live Science. Earlier, an unusual orange glow was reported after a geomagnetic storm on October 19. Auroras occur when high-energy particles of wind energy excite gas molecules in the upper atmosphere. The excess energy […]
On Friday, the world’s largest experimental fusion reactor was inaugurated in Japan. This technology is still in its infancy, but some consider it to be the answer to the future energy needs of humanity. Fusion differs from fission, the method currently used in nuclear power plants, in that it involves the fusion of two atomic […]
Prophetic, founded earlier this year, is entering a new market for the unconscious with an innovative headgear called “Halo” that will allow you to induce lucid dreaming. This was reported by Science Alert. Lucid dreaming is a state of being aware that you are dreaming during your sleep cycle and being able to control or […]
Amazon eventually signed a deal for three Falcon 9 launches from SpaceX to deploy its ambitious Kuiper project, which involves building a massive satellite internet network. This deal came as a surprise, as Amazon had not previously considered SpaceX as a potential partner for the first launch contracts, which caused shareholders to be dissatisfied and […]
In infancy, the human brain is unable to combine information into complex neural structures known as memories. This is due to the immaturity of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Psychology professors Patricia Bauer and Nora Newcombe told Live Science about this. Patricia Bauer from Emory University (USA) explained that children have developed semantic memory, the […]
Recently, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration showed the first image of a habitation module that could become the first permanent human base on the Moon. The module is called Multi-Purpose Habitat (MPH). The “multi-purpose habitat”, which looks like a ten-meter-long cylindrical structure with telescopic supports and solar panels, was developed by the Franco-Italian […]