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It’s finally here: the long-awaited launch of the James Webb telescope is coming

Tomorrow, Christmas Day, the mission of the most powerful space telescope ever built will begin. Our patience and that of countless others has been put...

Giant Viking longhouse discovered in Norway

With a length of 60 meters it is one of the largest longhouses ever found in Scandinavia. Vikings are known to build so-called longhouses; ...

Sometimes a wildfire is also good for the climate

Although wildfires often bring death and destruction, well-controlled fires could just offset part of our CO2 emissions. Scientists are currently looking for ways to capture...

Why only comet heads are green

Comet Lovejoy was also in a green coma. (Image: John Vermette) At the moment another comet is racing through the inner solar system -...

Secret of fishy La Ola waves revealed

Thousands of individuals move in a coordinated manner: What is the function of the often complex schooling behavior of fish? In the case...

No less than seventy lonely planets discovered

A great success, because never before have so many such mysterious galactic nomads been tracked down simultaneously. By solitary planets we mean solitary, wandering specimens...

You can feel, see and.. hear climate change!

There is music in melting glaciers. The earth is warming. And that causes glaciers on, for example, Greenland and Spitsbergen to melt. This...

Scientists discover unknown muscle layer in the jaw

Even in the human body there is apparently still plenty to discover. You may think that scientists have a good idea of ​​the human body....

The blood eagle, a sickening Viking method of execution, was anatomically possible

Does this mean that the cruel torture ritual described in the Viking saga was actually performed…? For decades, historians have debated whether a notoriously violent...

ReLex Smile – the modern method of laser eye surgery

More and more people have their eyes lasered, even when there is no medical need. As the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG) indicates, the number...

Vikings: Expelled from Greenland by rising tides?

The Vikings once built houses similar to this one in Greenland. (Image: ManuelVelasco / iStock) A good thousand years ago, the Vikings reached Greenland and...

Ever seen a comet with a green tail? Of course not!

The 'head' of a comet sometimes turns green, but the tail never. And now we finally know why. For nearly a century, astronomers have...

Launch of James Webb telescope postponed for a day

Due to adverse weather conditions, the most powerful space telescope ever built will take to the skies not Friday, but Christmas Day. In style, the...

Are there viruses on Mars?

It certainly does not seem inconceivable, researchers have to conclude after research in the Martian Atacama desert. Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the driest...

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