(Newser) – Do you want to escape? Now you can see how far “really” is. Based on 20 years of research, scientists have created a 3D map of the universe that spans 11 billion years and covers more than 2 million quasars and galaxies, while shedding light on a couple …
Read More »Promise and prevention: experts discuss race for COVID-19 vaccine
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine accelerates, Reuters invited a group of healthcare experts to answer questions as part of our #AskReuters Twitter chat series. FILE PHOTO: Professor Gottfried Kremsner injects a coronavirus disease vaccine (COVID-19) from the German biotech company CureVac into a …
Read More »China launches ambitious attempt to land on Mars
BEIJING (AP) – China launched its most ambitious mission on Mars on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the red planet. Tianwen-1 was launched on a Long March-5 carrier rocket from Hainan Island, a tourist province on the south coast …
Read More »Ancient East Antarctica Ice Loss paints the dark picture of what follows
A glacier crawls down a valley at the edge of the Ross Sea near McMurdo Station in Antarctica.Photo: Mark Ralson / AFP (fake pictures) A new document suggests that the East Antarctic ice sheet may not be as stable as we thought. Looking at ancient melting, the study finds evidence …
Read More »An amazing image shows a pair of exoplanets around a sun-like star
Part of the new image, which shows the star (top left) and the giant exoplanet.Image: ESO / Bohn et al. This first of its kind The image reveals a star system just 300 light years from Earth. That It was captured by the Very Large Telescope (VLT), which is managed …
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