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US student's amateur rocket reaches record height
A group of students from the University of Southern California launched the Aftershock II rocket, reaching an altitude of 143.3m above the Earth's surface, breaking many…
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Chinese heavy rocket design returns with clamp
China has introduced a reusable rocket concept in which the first stage is caught by a clamp on return, and the second stage lands vertically.
Space science
The second moon is about to leave Earth
A mini-moon the size of a bus is orbiting Earth in its final days and won't reappear until 2055.
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NASA spacecraft encounters mysterious ring surrounding the Solar System
Astronomers have discovered a myriad of mysterious objects in the outer Kuiper Belt region at the edge of the Solar System.
Space science
Discovery suggests: Earth may escape after Sun turns into red giant
The hunt for a second Earth is going on somewhere out there in the Milky Way. Along the way, there is one planet that has caught the attention of astronomers.
Space science
Yesterday, Earth's 'second moon' officially appeared
NASA scientists say Earth will have
Space science
13.8 billion year old 'ghost' pierces the Solar System
Objects born in the first second after the Big Bang could have just whizzed past and shaken planets in the Solar System.
Cancer
New way found to kill the world's second most common cancer
Researchers from Oregon State University (USA) have discovered how to transform
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Italian teenager will become the first saint of the millennium
Carlo Acutis's second posthumous miracle qualified this kind-hearted computer prodigy for sainthood.
Oceanography
Japan begins the second largest whale hunt on Earth
Japan added fin whales, a once endangered marine mammal, to its commercial fishing list, causing concern among conservationists.
Environment
The strongest El Nino in history has ended but 'natural disasters in the second half of 2024 will be very fierce'
Weather is becoming more and more extreme due to many factors occurring at the same time.
Space science
Finding the origin of cosmic particles that pass through our bodies billions of times per second
About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created in the Big Bang, these primordial neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe,…
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Atomic clocks are off by only 300 trillionths of a second every day
USA- Experts developed an atomic clock that can calculate time about 1,000 times more accurately than most clocks on ships today.