Thursday, September 19, 2024

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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn spacecraft allows non-professionals to perform a spacewalk

Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur, and Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX engineer, have achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first non-professional astronauts to perform a spacewalk. On September 12, 2024, Isaacman...

El Niño and volcanoes caused a mass extinction on Earth millions of years ago

A new study suggests that a powerful El Niño cycle, fueled by a massive release of carbon dioxide, may have contributed to Earth’s largest mass extinction about 250 million years ago,...

Earth will have a new “mini-moon” for two months as asteroid 2024 PT5 makes an unusual orbit

Asteroid 2024 PT5 is part of a collection of NEOs that follow orbits similar to Earth's.In an exciting celestial event, Earth is about to gain a temporary mini-moon for two months....

Indian health ministry confirms isolated case of Mpox

The Ministry of Health has confirmed the presence of Mpox virus, specifically West African clade 2, in a recent patient. The case, verified on 9 September 2024, is travel-related and is...

Researchers discover 2,000-year-old silver coins from ancient Rome

An important collection of ancient silver coins has been discovered on the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria, located between Sicily and Tunisia. Archaeologists from the University of Tübingen in Germany have unearthed...

Great white sharks gather at this mysterious spot every year

The White Shark Café, located in the Pacific Ocean between Baja California and Hawaii, is a mysterious region where great white sharks gather every winter and spring. Once thought to be...

Link discovered between placebo effect and previously unrelated parts of the brain

Patients suffering from chronic pain have limited...

Correlation found between infant mortality rate and bat population loss

In 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome began decimating bat populations in New England. Over the next decade, the loss of these bats, essential for controlling insect populations, had significant...

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