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[ad_1] The researchers found that the Moon contains more water than previously thought, even on its sunlit surface. Scientists have discovered more frozen water than expected in the dark and shaded parts of the moon and the presence of liquid in the parts that receive the sun as well. They …

[ad_1] Experts say the right kind of propulsion system could carry spacecraft to Saturn in two years. Direct fusion drive (DFD), a concept developed at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, would allow it to travel more than 1.5 billion kilometers extremely fast, the distance between Earth and Saturn. The research …

[ad_1] Scientists have discovered a “massive” coral reef measuring 500 meters in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the Schmidt Ocean Institute announced on October 26. Considered taller than the Empire State Building, Sydney Tower and Petronas Twin Towers, the reef was discovered as a part of the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Falkor …

[ad_1] Very promising siderite deposit in Argentina. Credit: Joep van Dijk / ETH Zurich / by van Dijk J, et al, Nat. Geosc., 2020 Hot and humid: Using minerals from ancient soils, ETH researchers are reconstructing the climate that prevailed on Earth some 55 million years ago. Their findings will …

[ad_1] MOSCOW, October 27. / TAX /. The question of the United States’ intention to extract mineral resources on the moon will be discussed during the 75th session of the UN General Assembly at the request of Russia, State Space Corporation Roscosmos told TASS on Tuesday. “Yes, it’s true [Roscosmos] …

[ad_1] The Earth is warming and scientists are wondering about the consequences of rising temperatures on ocean circulation that help manage the global climate. Some things, however, are about to change. Two new studies have highlighted a critical influence of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as the …

[ad_1] This 3D rendering, created from computed tomography scans of the mid-section region of the diabolical armored beetle, was x-rayed at the Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source. This region, known as the medial suture, is where you connect the two halves of the beetle’s exoskeleton. (Credit: Jesus Rivera / UC …

[ad_1] A fireball that fell to Earth in 2018 contains “pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds” that could help tell us how life was formed, scientists say. The meteor arrived on Earth in January 2018, as a streaked fireball visible in the midwestern United States sky. Scientists were able to track it …

[ad_1] A manned mission to the International Space Station that was supposed to depart Kennedy Space Center on Halloween has been postponed for at least several weeks as NASA and SpaceX investigate a problem with the company’s Merlin rocket engine. But the problem in question was not actually discovered on …

[ad_1] A meteorite that stunned the world when it exploded in the sky and crashed into frozen Lake Michigan on January 16, 2018 has been analyzed by scientists. The six-foot-wide rock fragmented and lit up the sky as it traveled at 30,000 miles an hour, with footage of the event …