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Discovery: Mercury has a 15-kilometer-thick diamond layer
Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is not the hottest planet in the solar system.
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MIT researchers develop hydrogen fuel from soda cans, seawater and caffeine
An innovative source of clean energy could be found in everyday items such as used soda cans, coffee grounds and seawater.
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Scientists discover that “dark oxygen” is produced on the abyssal seafloor
The study identified that polymetallic nodules could play a crucial role in the generation of oxygen through seawater electrolysis, a process that has not been observed…
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Water molecules discovered in lunar sample from China’s Chang’e-5 probe
The discovered mineral contains six crystalline water molecules, representing 41% of its total mass.
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 suffered rare Starlink deployment failure
This failure ended a streak of 335 successful SpaceX launches, showing the first major failure since 2016.
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Organic bodies floating in Titan’s lakes identified
Titan's atmosphere is so dense that a human with wings could fly and glide through its clouds.
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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn: First-Ever Commercial Spacewalk on the Horizon
Polaris Dawn will include the first invasive measurement of cerebrospinal fluid pressure in space, performed by Scott Poteet.
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NASA seeks to create space habitats with fungi
Habitats could be "grown" using dormant fungi, which, with the addition of water, would grow to form fully functional refuges.
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Last mirror segment of the world’s largest telescope delivered
The ELT's M1 mirror, composed of 798 hexagonal segments, will capture millions of times more light than the human eye.
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Pioneer! China is the first to bring samples from the moon to Earth
China is the first country to bring back to Earth rock samples from the dark side of the Moon, a region never explored before.
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Mars missions at risk due to astronauts’ kidney contraction
Study reveals that astronauts' kidneys can shrink after less than a month in space.
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NASA drill to evacuate injured astronaut raised alarms
The drill mentioned a specific hospital in Spain, which adds an interesting detail about NASA's emergency protocols.