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[ad_1] The miniature Voyager, 15 micrometers (0.015 millimeters) long, is part of a project led by researchers at the University of Leiden to understand how shape affects the movement and interactions of micro-swimmers. Micro-swimmers are small particles that can move independently through the liquid by interacting with their surroundings through …

[ad_1] Duck-billed dinosaurs evolved in North America and spread to South America, Asia, Europe and eventually Africa. Photo credit: Raul Martin The first fossils of a duck-billed dinosaur were discovered in Africa, suggesting that the dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometers of open water to get there. The study, published in …

[ad_1] An analysis of data sent by NASA’s Kepler space probe showed the enormity of the number of habitable exoplanets that could exist in our galaxy. A group of astronomers set out ten years ago to look for an answer to one of the oldest questions that philosophers, scientists, priests, …

[ad_1] Astronomers have discovered mysterious and intense signals from within our galaxy, although they are fast radio bursts, or FRBs It lasts only a fraction of a second, but it can be a hundred million times stronger than the sun and, despite its intensity, its origin is still largely unknown, …

[ad_1] Kennedy Space Center (KSC) offers “Launch and A Movie” as a drive-in experience in its parking lot to offer visitors something truly unique. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you see it) I was able to attend the event twice. You see, rocket science is very precise and the …

[ad_1] Duck-billed dinosaurs evolved in North America and spread to South America, Asia, Europe and eventually Africa. Photo credit: Raul Martin The first fossils of a duck-billed dinosaur were discovered in Africa, suggesting that the dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometers of open water to get there. The study, published in …

[ad_1] Mars is infested, not only with people keeping an eye on future missions and potential off-earth colonies, but also with another space rock. This asteroid is much smaller than the red planet. Otherwise known as a Trojan, it follows the orbit of a planet because it is gravitationally trapped …

[ad_1] Amateur astronomers and sky watchers will need to keep an eye on the sky next week as the taurid meteor shower can lead to impressive fireballs. Fireballs are a technical term for extremely bright meteors that roam the atmosphere. For those unfamiliar, Taurids are divided into Northern Taurids and …

[ad_1] A team of paleontologists announces the discovery of a hadrosaur, or “duck-billed dinosaur”, in Africa. This interesting preview brings out the even more intriguing idea that these dinosaurs crossed the sea to reach this continent. The Hadrosauridae, better known as “duck-billed dinosaurs”, are a very common family of ornithopod …

[ad_1] A long-standing secret of the glacial lake is the floods or “Jokulhlaups” that arise suddenly and unpredictably from glaciers or ice caps. Scientists have long studied the evolution of these floods, which are among the largest in the world. These floods affect the movement of some glaciers and pose …