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Whales and bats have something in common
Oceanography

Whales and bats have something in common

How can there be any similarities? This was true 45 million years ago when the new whale from the mainland returned to the ocean. But 7 million years later, two complete…

December 17, 2018
Find the body of the
Archeology

Find the body of the

V1 is the unmanned, predecessor of today's guided missile. It was one of thousands of German

December 17, 2018
How will we communicate with aliens?
Space science

How will we communicate with aliens?

Mars is the closest of the targets chosen by astronomers to listen to the signal, but they still can't hear anything from this red planet.

December 17, 2018
Reveal Rosetta's opponent
Space science

Reveal Rosetta's opponent

Japanese space scientists have announced the rival of Rosetta: the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft will chase the asteroid and land on the target, take samples and return to Earth.

December 17, 2018
Asteroid hunter wakes up
Space science

Asteroid hunter wakes up

The asteroid hunting spacecraft has been awakened after 2 years of hibernation in space, and has just returned to the first images of potential targets.

December 17, 2018
Identify 12 easy-to-exploit asteroids
Space science

Identify 12 easy-to-exploit asteroids

Scottish researchers say they have identified 12 accessible targets in the field of asteroid mining, which can be impacted to pull them close enough to Earth and exploit.

December 17, 2018