Iran is claiming Wednesday to have launched a capsule into orbit that is capable of carrying animals. Telecommunications Minister Isa Zarepour told the state-run IRNA news agency that the launch of the 1,000-pound capsule – which he says went 80 miles into orbit – is aimed at sending Iranian astronauts …
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With over 400 active volcanoes, Jupiter’s moon Io is considered to be one of the most unique planets in the solar system. Newly analyzed research may hold the key to that moon’s mysterious nature. A group of scientists from UCLA, UC Santa Cruz and the University of Michigan have finished …
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Look past the details of a wonky discoverybya group of California scientists –that a quantum state is now observable with the human eye– and consider its implications: Time travel may be feasible.Doc Brown would be proud. The strange discovery by quantum physicists at the University of California Santa Barbara means …
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Astronomers say a newlydiscovered Earth-size planet 20 light years away may sustain life — even intelligent life — giving Earthlings a chance to dumb them down with some two-decades-old TV. If they’re watching us, then “Cheers” and the Cosby Show spin-off “A Different World” should just now be hitting them. …
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