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NASA extends Voyager 2’s life with new instrument settings
When we think about the milestones of the Voyager probes, it is practically impossible not to be amazed. Towards the end of the 1970s, a team from the California Institute of…
The enigmatic first image of a black hole leaves us speechless again
Black holes are part of the club of astronomical objects that arouse great curiosity in people. We have known for a long time that they are there, in space, devouring everything in…
Everest can be the mega-freezer for human germs
The exploration of Everest has left something more than an exciting chronicle, a good handful of feats and a trail of corpses of mountaineers that their predecessors have known how…
NASA detects an active volcano on Venus
Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of an active volcano on Venus, using computer images captured more than 30 years ago by a NASA spacecraft. Scientists have, for the first…
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Why the most attractive people are more narcissistic
New research has examined whether physical attractiveness can predict selfish and self-serving behaviors in people. Do we confuse beauty with goodness? The "beautiful is good" theory suggests that we tend…
Why Physics has a German accent
Great scientists of the 20th century from Germany, Austria and Switzerland brought incredible advances to physics, why there and not in other parts of the world? When you study physics…
For the first time in two years: Musk to give Starship update in speech next week
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced plans to release an update on the company's next-generation Starship rocket next Thursday night, The Verge reported. Details after Musk last updated the craft in…
Curiosity rover’s wheels look badly damaged, but NASA isn’t worried
According to CNET, NASA's Curiosity rover regularly checks its tire treads. Mars isn't kind to the rover's aluminum wheels, which have been heavily impacted by rocks since it began exploring Gale…
Antarctic glaciers are melting much faster than expected
In a group of smaller glaciers, it is mainly the free-floating underside of the ice that detaches. Sea level could rise by up to 1.3 meters. New bad news from the…
What is Consciousness?
Consciousness can be applied to the senses or feelings, it is to feel love, cold, savor your favorite dish or suffer the loss of a loved one. Consciousness is any…
First detection of the naked core of a gas giant
An international team of scientists has discovered an exoplanet with anomalous characteristics in the so-called 'Neptunian desert', an area very close to the host star where planets of sizes between…
German company flies robotic birds
German robotics company Festo has released a video of an incredibly realistic fleet of robot birds gliding through the air. German company flies robotic birds like butterflies, jellyfish in the…