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[ad_1] The best known planets orbit around a star. These planets, including the Earth, benefit from the heat and light of the star. And it is the light emitted by these stars that allows us to see them. But there are also “invisible” planets, hidden from our gaze, floating, abandoned, …

[ad_1] Oxidants, i.e. reactive oxygen species, can damage the cells of all organisms and are linked to aging. A study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has now indicated that low levels of oxidizing hydrogen peroxide can stimulate an enzyme that slows the aging of yeast cells. Despite neutralizing oxidants, …

[ad_1] A meteor shower will peak on November 11 and 12, known as the Northern Taurid meteor shower, part of a larger meteor shower that includes Southern Taurid. The meteor shower is one of the slowest of the year, producing an average of five shooting stars per hour at its …

[ad_1] Neuroscientists at University College London are studying the impact of memory on the brain’s “internal GPS system”. The UCL researchers conducted a study published in the journal Cell. As part of the study, the scientists used laser beams to “position cells” (a type of neuron) in mice. These cells …

[ad_1] Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds | Movie review November 9, 2020 Rely on Werner Herzog to end 2020 by reminding us of the omnipresent possibility of our extinction due to a meteorite. In his latest documentary, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, everyone’s favorite deadpan German (sorry Henning Wehn) travels …

[ad_1] In the next few hours, before dawn on Thursday 12 November 2020, the sky of the Arab region will witness the peak of the meteor shower of the Northern Revolution. According to the Astronomical Society of Jeddah, Taurus meteors from small showers produce between 5 and 10 meteors per …

[ad_1] The possibility of life on Mars is a topic of enormous interest to scientists due to its proximity and similarities to the Earth. No evidence has been found of past or present life to date, but evidence has shown that during the ancient Noachian period, the surface environment of …

[ad_1] After averting the US Election Day catastrophe, in the form of asteroid 2018 VP1 of course, NASA is now warning that three more space rocks are headed in this direction, also suggesting that the “ planet-killer ” Bennu may be empty. As 2020 draws to a close, the threat …

[ad_1] SDSS J0901 + 1814, a gigantic cluster of galaxies located 3.9 billion light-years away in the constellation Cancer, is so massive that its gravity distorts and magnifies the light from a more distant starburst galaxy. This Hubble image shows the strong lens galactic cluster SDSS J0901 + 1814. The …

[ad_1] Detection of this effect acting on Apophis means that the 2068 impact scenario is still a possibility New York: Astronomers have revealed that the large asteroid called “Apophis” is expected to pass extremely close or could hit Earth in 2068 due to a phenomenon called the Yarkovsky effect. Researchers …