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Soyuz rocket

Space

Russia and UK face a stand-off over OneWeb satellite rocket launch

Satellites made by OneWeb, a firm part-owned by the UK government, are due to launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket on 4 March, but Russia is threatening to cancel while the UK has been criticised for going ahead following the invasion of Ukraine

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Space

Astronauts on Mars might trip up less if they can hear their footsteps

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New research using data from ESO?s Very Large Telescope and Very Large Telescope Interferometer has revealed that HR 6819, previously believed to be a triple system with a black hole, is in fact a system of two stars with no black hole. The scientists, a KU Leuven-ESO team, believe they have observed this binary system in a brief moment after one of the stars sucked the atmosphere off its companion, a phenomenon often referred to as ?stellar vampirism?. This artist?s impression shows what the system might look like; it?s composed of an oblate star with a disc around it (a Be ?vampire? star; foreground) and B-type star that has been stripped of its atmosphere (background).

Space

Our closest black hole is actually just one star eating another

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Stonehenge

Humans

Stonehenge may have been a giant calendar and now we know how it works

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Three giant oak trees in natural forest among juvenile hornbeam, Bialowieza Forest, Poland, Europe

Life

Virus outbreak in wild boars led to more oak trees in Polish forest

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dinosaur

Life

Dinosaur that broke its wrist may have fallen while mating

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Plastic garbage collected research plot to assess plastic pollution Eastern Island Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Environment

Countries agree to end plastic pollution in ambitious global treaty

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2G26J6E Roberto Carlos Silva, owner of La Zontena store, poses at his business where he accepts Bitcoins at El Zonte Beach in Chiltiupan, El Salvador June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Technology

El Salvador’s bitcoin gamble draws crypto-tourists but angers locals

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Life

Genes from bacteria may have helped plants colonise the land

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Polluted water

Environment

Nanorobots clean up contaminated water by grabbing hold of pollutants

Nanorobots propelled by magnets can be used repeatedly without fuel, offering a sustainable and cost-effective way to clean up industrial wastewater

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Environment

Solar panel add-on pulls water from air without consuming electricity

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Technology

What are vacuum bombs and is Russia using them in Ukraine?

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Technology

Light yet strong metamaterial inspired by art of paper cutting

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Life

Tyrannosaurus rex may actually be three separate species

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