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Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
Can Dogs Sense PTSD?
It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...
Dinosaurs – Keeping Them Alive Today
History is an important part of life. There is the history of the universe and the planet, the history of the human race, the history of all other living things, and each individuals history. Each of these is equally important and should be given proper respect. It is...
How Your Cad Drawings Can Be Viewed with Altium Software
Getting an idea out of mind, into the real world is the biggest challenge an engineer faces. How ideal will the situation be if one software can take all your woes concerning viewing, printing and probing your big idea? Altium software is a broad software which...
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Indonesia’s Mount Ruang erupts again, spewing ash and peppering villages with debris
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano erupted Tuesday for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash almost 2 kilometers (more than a mile) into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris.The alert level of the volcano on...
For cicadas, it’s safety in numbers. Is climate change throwing off their timing?
A cicada in sync with its brood is a cicada with a chance.The insects’ synchronized emergence is an evolutionary strategy, scientists say. Birds, raccoons and other predators can eat only so many of them. So the more cicadas emerge together, the better the odds that...
A horse-shaped nebula gets its close-up in new photos by NASA’s Webb telescope
DALLAS (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has revealed the sharpest images yet of a portion of a horse-shaped nebula, showing the “mane” in finer detail.The Horsehead Nebula, in the constellation Orion, is 1,300 light-years away. A light-year is nearly 6 trillion...
NASA releases ‘unprecedented’ Horsehead Nebula image captured by James Webb Space Telescope. What to know about the stellar nursery.
The world’s most powerful space telescope, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has just released the sharpest infrared images to date of the Horsehead Nebula, a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion that acts as a nursery for newborn stars.Captured in...
Study says California’s 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event. Don’t get used to it
DENVER (AP) — Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found.Don’t get used to it because with climate change the 2023 California snow bonanza —a...
China to launch sample-return mission to the moon’s far side on May 3
Launch preparations are quickening for China's next spacecraft sendoff to the moon — the robotic Chang'e 6 mission.The spacecraft now sits atop a Long March 5 rocket at its departure site in Wenchang, in China's Hainan province. Chang'e 6 is reportedly scheduled to...
Meet the crew launching on Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut flight
Two NASA astronauts will soon make history as the first to launch into space aboard a Boeing spaceship.Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 6, representing the first Crew Flight...
‘Tiger stripes’ on Saturn’s moon Enceladus could reveal if its oceans are habitable
New research has revealed the sliding side-by-side motion along distinctive "tiger stripes" on Saturn's moon Enceladus is linked to jets of ice crystals that erupt from its icy shell. The findings could help determine the characteristics of this icy moon of Saturn's...
Astronomers finally know why stars born from the same cloud aren’t identical twins
Oddly enough, binary stars born from the same parental cloud of collapsing gas and dust aren't always identical twins. It's possible they even possess different kinds of orbiting planets. But, why would that be? Well, astronomers may finally have an answer.Despite our...
Videos show where cicadas have already emerged in the U.S.
Cicadas are returning by the trillions in the U.S. this year – a synchronized emergence that begins when the dirt reaches a precise 64 degrees. The buzzing bugs have already come out in some places – here's where.Where will cicadas emerge in 2024?Two cicada broods are...
Hubble Space Telescope pauses science due to gyroscope issue
NASA has paused science activities for the Hubble Space Telescope after one of its three gyroscopes sent faulty readings back to Earth.The space telescope, which has been delivering stunning views of the cosmos since its launch in 1990, was placed into safe mode on...
‘Traffic jams’ in the hearts of galaxies can force black holes to collide
And you thought rush hour was hell on Earth! New research suggests some "cosmic intersections" have failed "traffic lights" that deem black hole collisions almost inevitable.At the hearts of all large galaxies lie cosmic monsters called supermassive black holes,...