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[ad_1] The reflector of the Arecibo Observatory was damaged by a broken cable. University of Central Florida Sad news for the world of astronomy. The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, home to an epic telescopic parabola, is saluting. The observatory suffered severe structural damage when a cable broke in August …

[ad_1] Government workers had such a close encounter in the Utah desert. A crew from the State Department of Natural Resources was aboard a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter when they spotted a mysterious monolith protruding from the earth last week. About 10-12 feet tall, the shiny metal object …

[ad_1] Fish odor syndrome (trimethylaminuria) is a debilitating disease, in which the liver cannot break down the stinky chemical trimethylamine produced by the enzymes of bacteria residing in the gut, leaving people with a fish-like odor. Researchers at the University of Warwick are leading the way in preventing the syndrome …

[ad_1] NASA’s Curiosity rover found a series of 10 m (33 ft) high symmetrical gravel ridges – sedimentological evidence of ancient giant floods – in Gale Crater on Mars. This artist’s impression shows what Mars looked like about 4 billion years ago. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO. “We identified …

[ad_1] Newswise – HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (November 23, 2020) Thailand will receive help mitigating air pollution from a new satellite data application jointly developed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System. Air pollution in Thailand becomes a problem when low temperatures and …

[ad_1] Galaxies such as the Milky Way formed by the merger of smaller progenitor galaxies. An international team of astrophysicists led by Dr. Diederik Kruijssen of the Center for Astronomy at the University of Heidelberg has managed to reconstruct the history of the merger of our home galaxy, creating a …

[ad_1] A Falcon 9 launch can typically carry around 60 Starlink satellites. SpaceX SpaceX aims to launch the sixteenth batch of its Starlink broadband satellites on Tuesday, a few days later sent a new satellite from NASA and the European Space Agency into orbit. Upgrading a new batch of its …

[ad_1] A new approach to treating cancers and other diseases that uses a mechanically interlocked molecule like a “magic bullet” was designed by researchers at the University of Birmingham. Called rotassanes, the molecules are tiny nanoscale structures that resemble a dumbbell with a ring trapped around the central pole. Scientists …

[ad_1] 2020 International Gemini Observatory CD3 image taken with the 8-meter Gemini North telescope in Hawaii (International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / G. Fedorets) Astronomers took a good look at a “minimaon” that briefly orbited our planet earlier this year, before disappearing into space. The first …

[ad_1] Why do we care about the water on the moon? The high volume of water ice on the Moon has attracted the attention of space agencies and private companies around the world. They imagine extracting water ice to produce air, drinking water and propellant, fueling the needs of lunar …