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NASA is looking for a car… for the moon

Who oh who wants to build an ingenious moon car with which future astronauts can cruise over the vast lunar landscape? During the Apollo missions,...

Mars rover Perseverance collects first Mars sample intended for return to Earth

The sample tube appears to have been successfully filled with precious Martian rock. One of Perseverance's main tasks on the Red Planet is to collect...

Exploded star collides with its stellar sister – which then explodes too

Astronomers have found evidence that a stellar collision can also lead to a supernova explosion. A supernova is the phenomenon where a star explodes in...

Some white dwarfs have been fooling us for years

They pretend to be younger than they actually are. But the Hubble Space Telescope now sees through that outward appearance. When our sun is...

New images of asteroid Kleopatra cautiously suggest she gave birth to her own moon

The 'dog bone' asteroid orbits so fast that its mane may have formed from thrown material. In the asteroid belt, located between the planets Mars...

History will be made this week with the first-ever fully-manned orbital spaceflight

On the night from Wednesday to Thursday, SpaceX will put four 'ordinary people' into orbit. A first. The first fully civilian-manned orbital spaceflight was...

Large number of building blocks for life found around very young stars

It cautiously suggests that many other planets are also being treated at birth to the organic molecules that ultimately led to the emergence of...

SpaceX shoots four civilians into orbit

And with that, the first-ever fully manned orbital space flight is a fact. At the same time, however, it is also the prelude...

One of the best-preserved skeletons ever discovered in Pompeii

Even tufts of hair and parts of the ear have stood the test of time. “Pompeii continues to amaze,” said Dario Franceschini, Italy's culture minister....

Huge Neanderthal toolbox discovered in Italy

It concerns 98 different tools, including those made from elephant bones. The 'tools' were excavated between 1979 and 1991 at a site referred to as...

First civilization in America was not averse to politics

It is often thought that the hunters and gatherers did not like levels of government and the associated negotiations. But an archaeological site...

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