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The Chinese Chang’e-5 probe enters the lunar orbit

[ad_1] Xinhua A long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-5 spacecraft, departs from the launch site of the Wenchang spacecraft on the coast of the southern island of Hainan Province on November 24, 2020. China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft decelerated and entered lunar orbit on Saturday, completing a critical step in its journey …

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scientists propose a new way to order the elements

[ad_1] Nick Norman, Bristol University The periodic table of the elements, created mainly by the Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard to overstate its importance as an organizing principle in chemistry: all budding chemists know it from the earliest stages of …

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The Chinese Chang’e-5 probe enters the lunar orbit

[ad_1] China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft decelerated and entered lunar orbit on Saturday, completing a critical step in its journey to collect and return lunar samples, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced. After flying about 112 hours from Earth, an engine on the spacecraft started when it was 400 km from …

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NASA’s Hubble galaxy is stripped of dark matter

[ad_1] The region around the galaxy NGC 1052-DF4, captured by the IAC80 telescope at the Teide Observatory in … [+] Tenerife, Spain. Major galaxies in the field of view include NGC 1052-DF4 (center of image) and its neighbor NGC 1035 (center left). M. Montes et al. Dark matter theory has …

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NASA’s Hubble galaxy is stripped of dark matter

[ad_1] The region around the galaxy NGC 1052-DF4, captured by the IAC80 telescope at the Teide Observatory in … [+] Tenerife, Spain. Major galaxies in the field of view include NGC 1052-DF4 (center of image) and its neighbor NGC 1035 (center left). M. Montes et al. Dark matter theory has …

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