Apollo 10 astronauts heard what they described as “outer space type music” during their historic mission around the dark side of the moon in 1969, according to a NASA audio …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: February 24, 2016
Space projects lured $1.8 billion in venture capital last year: report
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Venture capital groups invested $1.8 billion in commercial space startups in 2015, more than in the last 15 years combined, a report by aerospace consultants …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
The prolonged death of light from type Ia supernovae
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•Three years after its explosion, a type Ia supernova continues to shine brighter than expected, new research finds. The observations suggest that the powerful explosions produce an abundance of a …read more Source:: Science
Bird brain? Dodos were not so dumb after all
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The dodo is an extinct flightless bird whose name has become synonymous with stupidity. But it turns out that the dodo was no bird brain, but instead …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Mathematical advance in describing waves
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•Two mathematicians have published a new paper that advances the art — or shall we say, the math — of describing a wave. The study explores what happens when a …read more Source:: Science
SpaceX set to launch satellite, then try to land rocket on ocean platform
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was being readied for launch from Florida on Wednesday on a mission to thrust a European satellite toward orbit and …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Quantum physicists turn to the dark state
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•A team of quantum physicists managed to tame a so-called “dark state”, created in a superconducting qubit. A superconducting qubit is an artificial atom fabricated on a silicon chip as …read more Source:: Science
ATLASGAL survey of Milky Way completed
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•A spectacular image of the Milky Way has been released to mark the completion of the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL). The APEX telescope has mapped …read more Source:: Science
Telescope used on Armstrong’s moon landing finds new galaxies
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•SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian telescope used to broadcast live vision of man’s first steps on the moon in 1969 has found hundreds of new galaxies hidden behind the Milky …read more Source:: UKScienceNews