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Fast camera captures ‘sonic booms’ of light for first time

by Admin January 22, 2017

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2016 was Earth’s hottest year on record; humans are to blame

by Admin January 19, 2017

Voyager space probes are further from Earth than any human-made object ever built. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Hubble shows what’s in store for Voyager probes

by Admin January 10, 2017

Larsen Ice Shelf in Anarctica. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Delaware-sized iceberg about to break off from Antarctica

by Admin January 7, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci identified the mesentery as a single structure. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Gut decision: Scientists identify new organ in humans

by Admin January 5, 2017

This galaxy has a far more exciting and futuristic classification than most — it is a megamaser. Megamasers are intensely bright, around 100 million times brighter than the masers found in galaxies like the Milky Way. The entire galaxy essentially acts as an astronomical laser that beams out microwave emission rather than visible light (hence the ‘m’ replacing the ‘l’). This megamaser is named IRAS 16399-0937, and is located over 370 million light-years from Earth. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image belies the galaxy’s energetic nature, instead painting it as a beautiful and serene cosmic rosebud. The image comprises observations captured across various wavelengths by two of Hubble’s instruments: the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). NICMOS’s superb sensitivity, resolution, and field of view gave astronomers the unique opportunity to observe the structure of IRAS 16399-0937 in detail. They found that IRAS 16399-0937 hosts a double nucleus — the galaxy’s core is thought to be formed of two separate cores in the process of merging. The two components, named IRAS 16399N and IRAS 16399S for the northern and southern parts respectively, sit over 11 000 light-years apart. However, they are both buried deep within the same swirl of cosmic gas and dust and are interacting, giving the galaxy its peculiar structure. The nuclei are very different. IRAS 16399S appears to be a starburst region, where new stars are forming at an incredible rate. IRAS 16399N, however, is something known as a LINER nucleus (Low Ionization Nuclear Emission Region), which is a region whose emission mostly stems from weakly-ionised or neutral atoms of particular gases. The northern nucleus also hosts a black hole with some 100 million times the mass of the Sun! Photo: NASA

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New frontiers: The year ahead in space

by Poo Yee Kai January 3, 2017January 4, 2017

China's test fires a Long March 5 carrier rocket earlier this year. Soon it will launch its first reusable rocket. Photo: AFP

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Humanity’s race to conquer Mars

by Pascale Mollard and Mariëtte Le Roux January 3, 2017February 18, 2020

How many's enough? The science of elephant population can get even professional conservationists tied in knots. Photo courtesy of Pexels

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Elephant numbers pose jumbo puzzle for extinction watchers

by Ben Richardson December 31, 2016

China's quantum satellite - named Micius after a 5th century BC Chinese scientist - blasts off from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in China's northwest Gansu province on August 16, 2016.Photo: AFP

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Decoding China’s quantum satellite experiments

by Michael Raska December 20, 2016February 18, 2020

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Frogs are under threat, under-valued and under-counted

by John Measey and The Conversation December 12, 2016February 18, 2020

Deadly yellow nightmare: a world without coconuts would be a calamity for millions of farmers in the developing world... and a growing coterie of Western fans. Photo: Reuters

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Future of coconut threatened by lethal yellowing disease

by Roland Bourdeix December 9, 2016February 18, 2020

Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein. Photo: John D. Schiff/ Wikimedia Commons

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Will artificial intelligence be the next Einstein?

by Admin December 9, 2016December 9, 2016

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‘Mythical’ sea blob finally spotted a century after its discovery

by Admin December 7, 2016

FAST, a giant silver dish the size of 30 football fields in Guizhou province, is described as humanity's best bet for finding aliens. Photo: AFP

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Thousands displaced as China peers into space

by Becky Davis November 30, 2016February 18, 2020

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Shroud & phantom, shadow & spook: monsters from the lab

by Ben Richardson October 29, 2016February 18, 2020

Illustration of an armored fish called Qilinyu that lived 423 million years. A fossil of the fish was unearthed in China’s Yunnan province. Photo: Dinghua Yang/Chinese Academy of Sciences via Reuters

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Smart mouth — China fish fossil sheds light on jaw evolution

by Reuters October 21, 2016February 18, 2020

Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (L), Chen Dong salute before the launch of Shenzhou-11 spacecraft, in Jiuquan, China on October 17, 2016. China Daily/via Reuters

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China launches its longest manned space mission

by Reuters October 17, 2016February 18, 2020

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Fast camera captures ‘sonic booms’ of light for first time

2016 was Earth’s hottest year on record; humans are to blame

Hubble shows what’s in store for Voyager probes

Delaware-sized iceberg about to break off from Antarctica

Gut decision: Scientists identify new organ in humans

New frontiers: The year ahead in space

Humanity’s race to conquer Mars

Elephant numbers pose jumbo puzzle for extinction watchers

Decoding China’s quantum satellite experiments

Frogs are under threat, under-valued and under-counted

Future of coconut threatened by lethal yellowing disease

Will artificial intelligence be the next Einstein?

‘Mythical’ sea blob finally spotted a century after its discovery

Thousands displaced as China peers into space

Shroud & phantom, shadow & spook: monsters from the lab

Smart mouth — China fish fossil sheds light on jaw evolution

China launches its longest manned space mission

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