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Aug 16 • 9 months ago

Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship

Why is China's heavy-lift Long March 5B able to launch only 10 Guowang satellites at a time? ...

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Aug 15 • 9 months ago

SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near

"SpaceX can now proceed with Starship Flight 10 launch operations under its current license." ...

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Aug 14 • 9 months ago

Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere

Photophoresis can generate a tiny bit of lift without any moving parts. ...

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Aug 14 • 9 months ago

Ice discs slingshot across a metal surface all on their own

VA Tech experiment was inspired by Death Valley's mysterious "sailing stones" at Racetrack Playa. ...

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Aug 14 • 9 months ago

Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used

The Inca Empire hung by a thread—literally. ...

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Aug 14 • 9 months ago

OpenAI, cofounder Sam Altman to take on Neuralink with new startup

Sam Altman says we could soon have "high-bandwidth brain-computer interfaces." ...

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Aug 14 • 9 months ago

Trump orders cull of regulations governing commercial rocket launches

The head of the FAA's commercial spaceflight division will become a political appointee. ...

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Aug 12 • 9 months ago

‘Deceptively cute’ ancient whale with razor

Scientist says new species described from 25-million-year-old fossil found in Victoria ‘was a gnarly whale I wouldn’t want to get in the water with’Get our

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Aug 12 • 9 months ago

Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead...

This will be the first national security mission to fly on United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket. ...

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Aug 11 • 9 months ago

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo

Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC. ...

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Aug 11 • 9 months ago

Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes

“Video used to be treated as a source of truth, but that’s no longer an assumption we can make.” ...

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Aug 11 • 9 months ago

Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean

Gulf of Maine will be site of safety and effectiveness testing. ...

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