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[ad_1] In addition to wombats, scientists have found that many other marsupials are also biofluorescent under UV light. Have you ever seen a wombat under a black light? Not many people have, it seems – it’s only recently that scientists have discovered that wombat fur is actually biofluorescent, meaning it …

[ad_1] SpaceX, the rocket company owned by Elon Musk, launched a rocket with four astronauts into space. This is NASA’s first mission to send astronauts into space using a privately owned spacecraft. This is the second crew launched into orbit by SpaceX, which hopes to promote more scientific research by …

[ad_1] tech2 News StaffNovember 27, 2020 18:03:18 IST The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a € 86 million ($ 102 million) contract with ClearSpace SA to bring a large chunk of orbital junk back to Earth. ClearSpace is a Swiss startup that provides in-orbit assistance and space debris removal …

[ad_1] The smaller egg on the left is from the Port Jackson sharks near Adelaide, while the right egg is from the sharks in Jervis Bay. Credit: Connor Gervais, author provided They may have existed for hundreds of millions of years, long before trees, but sharks and rays are among …

[ad_1] According to a team of scientists, Australian mammals and marsupials including wombat and platypus “glow in the dark” under ultraviolet light. Researchers at the Western Australian Museum borrowed UV light to illuminate several creatures in response to an earlier US study that found platypuses are biofluorescent. Not only were …

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[ad_1] Sky watchers admiring the November full moon will also see another surprise: a penumbral eclipse as the moon passes through Earth’s outer shadow on Monday, November 30, according to NASA. The moon will be at its maximum for only a moment – Monday at 4:30 am EST (9:30 UTC) …

[ad_1] The Borexino scientific collaboration is an experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics. Project researchers on November 25 announced the first ever detection of neutrinos produced by the sun by the CNO (carbon-nitrogen-oxygen) cycle. The project is an experimental result of historical …

[ad_1] Pachodynerus nasidens on the 3D printed De Haviland Dash-8 pitot probe. Credit: House et al (2020) PLOS ONE, CC BY Invasive keyhole wasps (Pachodynerus nasidens) at Brisbane airport were responsible for 93 cases of completely blocked replica pitot probes over a period of 39 months, according to a study …

[ad_1] Published on November 27, 2020 17:25 Space travel impacts the body’s cell production, the study says (Web Desk) – According to a nematode study, living in space affects cells at the genetic level. Analysis of nematode worm species, known as Caenorhabditis elegans, which were sent to the International Space …