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Nov 13 • 6 months ago

What if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate?

Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics? ...

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Nov 13 • 6 months ago

An explosion 92 million miles away just grounded Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket

"NASA is postponing launch until space weather conditions improve." ...

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Nov 13 • 6 months ago

With another record broken, the world’s busiest spaceport keeps getting busier

It's not just the number of rocket launches, but how much stuff they're carrying into orbit. ...

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Nov 12 • 6 months ago

Corals survived past climate changes by retreating to the deeps

A recent die-off in Florida puts the spotlight on corals' survival strategies. ...

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Nov 10 • 6 months ago

Runaway black hole mergers may have built supermassive black holes

Early superdense star clusters may have planted seeds for monster black holes. ...

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Nov 09 • 6 months ago

Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission

Blue Origin is counting down to launch of its second New Glenn rocket Sunday. ...

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Nov 08 • 6 months ago

Rocket Report: Canada invests in sovereign launch; India flexes rocket muscles

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket gave an environmental monitoring satellite a perfect ride to space. ...

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Nov 08 • 6 months ago

10,000 generations of hominins used the same stone tools to weather a changing world

This technological tradition lasted longer than Homo sapiens have even been a species. ...

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Nov 08 • 6 months ago

James Watson, who helped unravel DNA’s double-helix, has died

His work was celebrated, but he was ostracized for racist, sexist comments. ...

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Nov 07 • 6 months ago

Next-generation black hole imaging may help us understand gravity better

But the differences are likely to be subtle, so it won't be easy. ...

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Nov 06 • 6 months ago

Space junk may have struck a Chinese crew ship in low-Earth orbit

The three-man crew was supposed to return to Earth on Wednesday to wrap up six months in space. ...

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Nov 06 • 6 months ago

Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast-track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research

Kooyong MP urges government to release more of the earnings from the $20bn Medical Research Future Fund

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