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[ad_1] A UK-led space mining experiment, which has the potential to provide resources for future missions to the Moon and Mars, is expected to take off on Saturday for its journey to the International Space Station (ISS). Experiments on the (ISS) have shown that the biomining process will work in …

[ad_1] Neanderthal thumbs were better suited to holding tools in the same way humans hold a hammer, new research suggests. The results suggest that Neanderthals may have found precision grips more challenging than power take-offs. Precision grips involve holding an object between the fingertip and thumb, and power compression grips …

[ad_1] The ExoMars rover is one step closer to landing on the red planet after successful parachute tests that will take it down to the Martian surface. The two parachutes that will safely deliver the UK’s first Mars rover to our neighbor planet have completed a first full-scale high-altitude drop …

[ad_1] Many more minimaons will be discovered in the next decade, said a team of academics led by Queen’s University in Belfast. It comes after details of the finding of the second minimaon, a floating silicate boulder called 2020 CD3, were published in the Astronomical Journal. Minima are small asteroids …

[ad_1] First space pilot Victor Glover took a spin in the history books after becoming the first black crew member to set up a camp on the International Space Station (ISS) for long-term stays. The 44-year-old NASA astronaut began a six-month period in the space laboratory orbiting 250 miles above …

[ad_1] Astronomers have discovered a “fossil galaxy” hidden deep in the Milky Way. Dubbed Heracles, the dead galaxy remained from the early universe and is thought to have collided with the Milky Way about 10 billion years ago. Researchers say the remains of Heracles account for about one third of …

[ad_1] Dinosaurs weren’t in decline at the time of their extinction, which was caused by an asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago, according to a new study. The research, conducted by the University of Bath and the Museum of Natural History, contradicts previous theories and concludes that dinosaurs …

[ad_1] A scientific study found that mouthwash can eradicate coronavirus within 30 seconds of exposure to it in the laboratory. The preliminary result comes before a clinical study to evaluate whether the use of an over-the-counter mouthwash has the potential to reduce Covid-19 levels in a patient’s saliva. The Cardiff …

[ad_1] Astrophysicists have reconstructed the first complete family tree of the Milky Way by analyzing millions of stars. Scientists have long known that galaxies can grow from the merger of smaller galaxies, but until now the ancestry of our galaxy has been a mystery. Using artificial intelligence (AI) they analyzed …

[ad_1] The European Space Agency (ESA) has given the green light to the world’s first space telescope – dubbed the planet hunter – to study the atmospheres of planets outside our solar system. The telescope’s mission is to examine the links between a planet’s chemistry and its environment by plotting …