Science
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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft landed on the moon – but it’s having problems
Illustration of the SLIM spacecraft JAXA Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has touched down on the lunar surface.…
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Strange ‘magic islands’ on Saturn’s moon Titan may be porous iceberg
Infrared images of Saturn’s icy moon Titan NASA/JPL-Caltech/Stéphane Le Mouélic, Virginia Pasek The seas of Saturn’s moon Titan have weird…
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The first Vulcan rocket launch will carry a private lander to the moon
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket is being prepared to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida UPI / Alamy Stock…
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Get ready to see a total solar eclipse in 2024 – here’s how
A bride and groom and their wedding guests watching a solar eclipse in Mexico Martin Zetina/AP/Alamy On 8 April 2024,…
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China started drilling ultra-deep holes in 2023 in a hunt for oil
The Shendi Take 1 drilling site in Xinjiang, China, in May 2023 Xinhua/Shutterstock This year, the China National Petroleum Corporation…
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Moons around Uranus may suddenly develop atmospheres in the spring
Uranus’s moon Miranda NASA/JPL/USGS The moons of Uranus may have short-lived atmospheres every time the seasons change. The seasons there…
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Cannabis can relieve pain short-term, but we still don’t know how
Is cannabis an effective painkiller? SciePro/Shutterstock Cannabis has a long history as a pain-reliever – it is mentioned in 3500-year-old…
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Largest stream of stars ever found could teach us about dark matter
The black streak is the newly discovered Giant Coma Stream, which is ten times as long as the Milky Way…
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It’s easier to chat at parties if you don’t know the music playing
Music playing at parties can make it difficult to maintain conversations, particularly if you know the songs skynesher/Getty Images Background…
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Lasers fired at crystals could uncover quantum nature of the vacuum
The vacuum is not as empty as it might appear ElessarDesign/Shutterstock We may be able to harvest the quantum property…
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