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  • Seven Minutes of Terror

    Seven Minutes of Terror0

    • Space & Physics
    • February 2, 2021

    Curiosity can’t wait for his new coworker Perseverance to hit the thin Martian atmosphere next February 18th. As you read this, the NASA rover cruises inside its cozy capsule, bracing itself for the hardest part of the journey: entry, descent, and landing on Mars. The delicate maneuver has been nicknamed by NASA operators as the

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  • 6 Discoveries that Will Help Us Understand Life Beyond Earth

    6 Discoveries that Will Help Us Understand Life Beyond Earth0

    • Space & Physics
    • April 3, 2020

    Looking at some of the interesting things to come out of Space and Astronomy this past year.

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  • Voyager 2 Leaves the Solar Influence and Enters the Interstellar Space

    Voyager 2 Leaves the Solar Influence and Enters the Interstellar Space0

    • Space & Physics
    • November 4, 2019

    Voyager 2 has entered the interstellar space, outside the Sun’s realm. Researchers Bill Kurth and Don Gurnett, at the University of Iowa, confirmed that on November 5, 2018, the spacecraft left the solar system and joined Voyager 1 in the interstellar medium. The research was published on November 4, 2019, on Nature Astronomy. The team

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  • Top News: Ban on Gene-Editing, Melting Arctic and Opportunity’s Last Photos

    Top News: Ban on Gene-Editing, Melting Arctic and Opportunity’s Last Photos0

    • Flash News
    • March 16, 2019

    Scientists ask for a global ban on gene-editing for clinical uses, the UN reveals the dimension of the Arctic’s catastrophe and NASA shows the last photos taken by the Opportunity rover; these were our favourite stories from this week. 

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  • The Dangers of Galactic Cosmic Rays

    The Dangers of Galactic Cosmic Rays0

    • Space & Physics
    • November 11, 2015

    Eager to travel to Mars? Think twice!

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  • The Hunt For Missing Galaxies

    The Hunt For Missing Galaxies0

    • Space & Physics
    • June 30, 2015

    With gravitational lensing, researchers could locate population III stars in far galaxies. The Big Bang explains the presence of the two lightest elements in the universe, hydrogen and helium, but the origin of many of the heavier elements that exist today remains unsolved. A promising theory to explain their creation is the formation of population III

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    • April 3, 2020
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    • November 4, 2019
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