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3,000-Year-Old Trove Includes Treasure Forged From a Meteorite
A bracelet and possible sword pommel found in a 3,000-year-old treasure hoard were forged from meteoritic iron, according to a team of researchers that recently studied the pieces. In other words, yes: some Bronze Age Iberian was rocking space jewelry and wielding a space weapon. The iron was discovered 50 years ago, when the archaeologist…
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Here’s What Solar Eclipses Look Like on Mars
The clearly defined videos will help researchers understand Mars’ moons and the planet’s interior.
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Discovery of Flying Reptile Suggests Jurassic Skies Were Busier Than We Thought
Paleontologists found a fossilized pterosaur—a flying reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs—fittingly on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. Dubbed Ceoptera evansae, the 165-million-year-old pterosaur is the second one found in Scotland to date and it could clue researchers into how pterosaurs diversified. Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight, which they used to occupy…
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Voyager 1’s Archaic Onboard Computers Are Stuttering
Humanity’s most distant spacecraft is glitching out—again—and engineers are having quite a diffitcult time solving the problem. Voyager 1, what are we going to do with you? The issue is with the 46-year-old Voyager 1’s flight data system (FDS), one of its three onboard computers. The FDS collects data from Voyager’s science instruments and takes…