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NASA’s Parker probe makes contact after diving into the solar atmosphere

A few hours ago, NASA received a signal from the beacon of the Parker Solar Probe probe, which on December…

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To discover dark matter, scientists will need only 10 seconds, as well as a nearby supernova and a train of fortune

Scientists claim that we are only seconds away from the discovery of dark matter. The catch is that it can…

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NASA’s Parker probe entered the arms of the Sun – communication with it was lost, but not hopelessly

Communication with NASA's Parker Solar Probe was interrupted shortly before the device made its closest approach to the star on…

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NASA postpones the launch of an important mission to study space weather

The IMAP mission was planned to launch in the spring of 2025 to study the physics at the interface of…

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Rigetti Computing has opened cloud access to one of the most powerful quantum computers in the world

Those wishing to hone their quantum computer programming skills had the opportunity to work on the latest platform of the…

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AI designed a wedge-air rocket engine from scratch in three weeks and it works

Artificial intelligence has reached new heights—in three weeks, from scratch, it designed a working wedge-air rocket engine, around which rocket…

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Breakthroughs in science made by AI in 2024: archaeological finds, conversations with sperm whales and protein folding

Artificial intelligence or machine learning has become a central topic in many news stories this year. And deservedly so, although…

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NASA’s Parker probe makes record approach to the Sun

On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will approach the Sun at a record close - just 6.9 million km,…

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The moon turned out to be more ancient than expected – scientists have given a new estimate of the age of the satellite

Lunar samples delivered to Earth provide conflicting data on the age of the satellite. Most minerals indicate that the Moon…

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China has tested a ramjet engine with detonation for aircraft twice as fast as the Tu-144 and Concorde.

The Chinese company Space Transportation has published a video of the first flight test of a ramjet engine with detonation.…

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