The mold Aspergillus oryzae helps to make several fermented foods, including sake, soy sauce, and miso. Knowable Magazine This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Nearly 9,000 years ago, around the time that humans were first domesticating corn and pigs, some people in China were...
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This artist’s concept shows what the exoplanet 55 Cancri e could look like. Also called Janssen, 55 Cancri e is a so-called super-Earth, a rocky planet significantly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, which orbits its star at a distance of only 2.25 million kilometers (0.015...
photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)
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The Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing Co's new Starliner space capsule will be rolled back to its hangar to replace a pressure valve, postponing the long-awaited first crewed test flight of the spacecraft for at least 10 more days, NASA said on Tuesday. The new targeted launch date for the...
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Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the sun's mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find a class of "featherweight" black holes that has so far eluded detection. Today, black holes form...
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NASA is making advances in space exploration with the introduction of the Starliner spacecraft, which is expected to revolutionize missions to the International Space Station (ISS). By Published on May 06, 2024 | 12:51 PM IST | 1.8K NASA reveals Starliner; next-generation...
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