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[ad_1] Doomsday predictions focused on the Mayan calendar have falsely set the end of the world on numerous occasions, beginning with the 2012 phenomenon. December 21, 2012 was considered the end date of a 5,126-year cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar and holidays were held to commemorate the event …

[ad_1] The only dinosaur bones ever found on the island of Ireland have been formally confirmed for the first time by a team of experts from the University of Portsmouth and Queen’s University of Belfast, led by Dr Mike Simms, curator and paleontologist of the National Museums NI. The two …

[ad_1] MOSCOW, November 26. / TAX /. Russia could deploy its own orbital service station, manned by two or four cosmonauts, after 2024, said Vladimir Solovyov, first deputy CEO of Energia Rocket and Space Corporation, according to the Scientific Russia website. “[Vladimir Solovyov] also presented the project for a Russian …

[ad_1] About the size of a small pickup truck, the Michael Freilich Sentinel-6 satellite will extend a nearly 30-year continuous data set above sea level collected from an ongoing collaboration of US and European satellites, improving weather forecasts and providing scale ocean currents. to support the navigation of ships near …

[ad_1] The Chang’e-5 probe was launched on November 23rd from China, kicking off a 23-day mission to bring lunar samples back to Earth, for the first time since the 1970s. The probe was launched by a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, for an estimated 112-hour …

[ad_1] Credit: Public Domain CC0 QUT Professor Ken Ostrikov of the School of Chemistry and Physics and QUT Center for Materials Science said the new material could be used to develop novel transistor devices for electronics and photodetectors for applications such as fiber optic communication systems and environmental detection. ‘Transistors …

[ad_1] New data from NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides further evidence for the disruption of tides in the galaxy NGC 1052-DF4. This result explains an earlier finding that this galaxy is missing most of its dark matter. By studying the distribution of light and globular clusters in the …

[ad_1] Credit: Public Domain Unsplash / CC0 The European Space Agency says it is signing a € 86 million ($ 102 million) contract with a Swiss start-up to bring a large chunk of orbital junk back to Earth. The agency said Thursday that the deal with ClearSpace SA will lead …

[ad_1] According to scientists who analyzed slices of fossilized bones, large carnivorous dinosaurs reached their great size through very different growth strategies, with some taking a slow and steady path and others experiencing a teenage growth spurt. The researchers examined the annual growth rings, similar to those in tree trunks, …

[ad_1] The scientific community was able to reach a consensus on what the surface of the Earth could look like 4.5 billion years ago, covered with hot molten magma. But the corresponding atmosphere remained unclear. Now, researchers say Earth’s atmosphere billions of years in the past was very similar to …