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Air pollution cut India’s solar power output by 9.6% in 2023, study says
India’s loss is one of the world’s highest, with the most electricity generation potential lost in the country’s heavily polluted north
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How do lightning rods prevent lightning strikes from reaching people?
While a lightning strike occurs between a cloud and an object on or near the ground, it takes the path of least resistance, which means it moves towards the closest…
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NASA to pull an IKEA by dropping tons of plastic, metal, and glass on the Moon
Astronauts will get to self-assemble lunar base
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Moon base plans revealed as Nasa chief says ‘the grand return is close at hand’
The outpost at the satellite’s south pole may eventually spread out over hundreds of square miles
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Want an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Stuff oxygen’s friends in the mantle.
Getting carbon and sulfur into Earth’s interior may be part of oxygen’s story.
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Bezos rocket fell short after cryogenic leak cut engine thrust
Frozen hydraulic line blamed for leaving payload in the wrong orbit
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Starship shows it can deploy satellites, but Moon mission clock still ticks
What's a tumbling Super Heavy and a skipped Raptor relight between friends?
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Indian researcher names newly discovered galaxy structure after Manipur’s Loktak Lake
Dr. Laishram said the idea of naming the structure after Loktak Lake came to him immediately after the discovery
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The Cookware Industry Has a Major Fight Brewing Over PFAS Claims
There’s a new front in the war over the safety of chemicals used to make nonstick pans.
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Tail belonging to strange ostrich-like dinosaur discovered off coast of Canada
Researchers unsure how fossil came to rest on small Canadian island
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Studies reveal why some cancers are so much more dangerous than others
Researchers say findings may help improve diagnoses and treatment
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Asteroid named after Nijmegen amateur astronomer
An asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter has been named after Astrid Eeuwes, a 45-year-old amateur astronomer from Nijmegen who...