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The Vega system turned out to be a planetary desert

The 1997 film Contact, starring Jodie Foster, proved prophetic. At first glance, no planets have been discovered in the Vega…

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The US military has ordered the development of powerful UV-C lasers for communications, disinfection and sensors

A group of scientists from the University of Central Florida received a $1 million grant from the US Army to…

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India will deliver soil samples from the Moon for just $250 million – the Chandrayaan-4 mission is scheduled for 2028

At a recent event in New Delhi, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman Sreedhara Somanath announced plans to bring soil…

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Cosmic spinner: a neutron star with a record rotation frequency of 716 Hz was discovered

Astronomers from Denmark, while observing a binary X-ray system, discovered signs of a record-breaking characteristic in the central partner -…

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Australia launched pilot production of flexible perovskite solar panels, but efficiency was disappointing

In Australia, 15 years after the development of technology for the production of flexible solar panels from perovskite began, their…

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Failed stars may have their own planets, suggests “James Webb”

Brown dwarfs, or failed stars, as they are nicknamed for their inability to ignite thermonuclear combustion, remain largely unknown objects.…

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A powder with a record level of CO2 absorption from air has been created

Today, removing any significant volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (the main catalyst of the greenhouse effect) is an…

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First space tests of perovskite tandem solar cells show their resistance to radiation

The European orbital experiment OOV-Cube at an altitude of 933 km showed the high resistance of thin-film tandem perovskite solar…

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Technology for recording data into existing DNA has been developed

Chinese scientists have developed a new method of storing data in DNA that could revolutionize this narrow field. A team…

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