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Bacteria Can Store Memories And Pass Them on For Generations : ScienceAlert
A single-celled organism with no brain or nervous system to speak of may still form memories and pass those memories on to future generations, according to new research.The ubiquitous bacterium, Escherichia coli, is one of the most…
Scientists discover giant equatorial water mass in middle of Atlantic
To the uninitiated, there isn’t much to water. Sure, the world’s oceans are filled with monsters, marvels and mysteries but, otherwise, they’re just vast, singular expanses of liquid. Right?Wrong.Far from being uniform everywhere, ocean…
Orion spacecraft takes stunning photo of Earth and the Moon • Earth.com
In an extraordinary feat of engineering and international collaboration, the Orion spacecraft, a part of NASA’s Artemis I mission, has achieved a remarkable milestone in space exploration. The spacecraft ventured some 267,000 miles from…
Earth-Sized Planet Discovered, Can It Sustain Life?
LTT 1445 Ac boasts 1.37 times the mass, and 1.07 times the radius of Earth, making it the closest known Earth-sized exoplanet in our solar system. These numbers were calculated by cross-examining LTT 1445 Ac’s transit data with its…
Cryovolcanic comet headed towards Earth explodes again • Earth.com
The colossal, cryovolcanic “devil comet,” three times larger than Mount Everest, has experienced yet another explosive event as it makes its way toward Earth. The comet, also known as 12P/Pons-Brooks, earned its nickname after two…
Rare fossil reveals behavior dinosaurs may have had in common with birds
Seiji Yamamoto
An illustration of the newly discovered dinosaur species named…
Giant Telescope – 8x the Size of Earth – Reveals Unprecedented View of Colossal
Astronomers have obtained unprecedented images of a plasma jet from a supermassive black hole in blazar 3C 279, revealing complex patterns that challenge existing theories. This international effort, utilizing advanced radio telescope…
Sex In Space? Research Into Making Babies During Space Exploration Is Underway
Spaceborn United has created a special disk that mixes the cells together to produce an embryo. The embryo would then be cryogenically frozen to pause its development and to protect it during reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. “It’s a…
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 1st of back-to-back missions this
SpaceX launched 23 Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Saturday (Nov. 18), on the first of two planned Starlink missions this weekend.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at…
Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend
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A Leonid meteor streaks across the night sky over…