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The lamp that lights up for 1,500 years without going out and the mysterious energy source in the tomb
When excavating a tomb in Rome, it was discovered that a 1,500-year-old lamp did not turn off. So what is the mystery behind?
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For the first time, light can be detected from the collision between two black holes
According to Space, astronomers may have seen light from two colliding black holes for the first time.
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Small camera with a grain of salt takes super sharp color photos
Despite its ultra-small size, the 0.5mm wide camera can capture color images at the same quality as conventional lenses 500,000 times larger.
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Strange quantum effect can make matter invisible
A strange quantum effect predicted decades ago has finally been demonstrated.
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What if sound was as fast as light?
If sound were a million times faster - at the speed of light - humans would not be able to survive the terrifying impact of the sound waves.
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Hubble Telescope captures stunning image of star-forming Prawn Nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a beautiful view of the Prawn Nebula hovering in deep space.
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Stunned with technology that can help us get from New York to Los Angeles in just... 1 second
There is still a long way to go, but surely this technology could one day allow us to get from New York to Los Angeles in under a second.
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Design of traffic lights to absorb force to save people in accidents
The researchers designed traffic lights that use foam that helps absorb the kinetic energy of a crash, reducing the risk of injury and breakage in an accident.
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Gravitational waves: The 'landscape' changer of cosmic evolution
In the process of discovering to shed light on cosmic evolution, life and death on planets, astronomers have discovered a record number of gravitational waves.
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What will America's space science look like in the next 10 years?
The latest survey of American astronomy and astrophysics from 2022 to 2032 recommended that NASA create a new program to develop several large telescopes.
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The mysterious 'Great Wall' appeared in the middle of the galaxy containing the Earth
A known, invisible healing structure is preventing cosmic rays from entering the heart of the galaxy containing the Earth's Milky Way.
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Detect signs of water in the most distant galaxy ever
Scientists have found signs of water in a galaxy about 12.8 billion light-years from Earth, the furthest place ever found.
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Scientists develop transparent windows that block heat when light shines through
Scientists have developed a new material to cover window glass, which helps control the amount of heat that passes through depending on the season of the year.
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The Ames Window Illusion: Something that can make you doubt both the universe and human science
Modern science is recognizing that the speed of light traveling in a vacuum is constant and equal in all directions, based on observations and experiments.
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Bad news about 'alien signal' from 4.2 light years from Earth
Scientists have just given the final answer to the signal that stirred astronomers in 2019 from the Proxima Centauri star system, which has a planet thought to be habita…