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Did Earth Create the Moon? Research Uncovers Clues About Lunar Formation
Recent findings from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute challenge previous theories about the moon's formation. The study reveals that the moon was largely created from material ejected from Earth's mantle, not from the protoplanet Theia. Additionally, it offers new perspectives on the origin of water on Earth, suggesting tha...
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Wolf 1069 b: Astronomers Discover An Earth-Like Planet Very Close To Us
A potentially habitable planet with a mass similar to Earth's has been found by scientists outside of our solar system.
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Video: Svante Paabo's Colleagues Celebrate His Nobel Prize By Tossing Him Into Pond
The members of the Max Planck Institute completed an old-age tradition of tossing a colleague into the pond in order to celebrate their scientific success.
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Four-Legged Robot Dog With Virtual Spinal Cord Learns to Walk in One Hour
In a bid to study how humans learn to walk from stumbling, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Germany built a four-legged robot dog. They equipped the robot dog with an artificial spinal cord and observed that it learned to walk in just an hour.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021: Benjamin List, David MacMillan Win for Work on Molecular Construction
Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Germany's Benjamin List and David MacMillan of the US won the for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction.
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Frequent Family Meals Can Help Develop Healthy Eating Habits In Kids, Says Research
A study conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development has found a direct relationship between family meal frequency and the nutritional health of the kids in the family.
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Roundest Known Space Object Discovered
Astronomers claim to have discovered the roundest natural object in space ever measured - a slowly rotating star 5,000 light years away from the Earth.
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Scientists to Inject Fuel in Experimental Fusion Device
The Greifswald device should be able to keep plasma in place for much longer than a tokamak, said Thomas Klinger, who heads the project.
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First-Ever 'Growth Chart' For Milky Way Created
Researchers have created the first-ever 'growth chart' for Milky Way, which shows how our galaxy grew from its infancy to the bright spiral galaxy we see today.
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Global Warming 'Tipping Points' Identified
An international team of scientists has identified potential 'tipping points' where abrupt regional climate shifts due to global warming could result in natural disasters.
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'Dwarf Planet' Ceres Spawns Giant Mystery
First classified a planet, then an asteroid and then a "dwarf planet" with some traits of a moon - the more scientists learn about Ceres, the weirder it becomes.
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Bright Spots on Dwarf Planet Can Be Active Ice: NASA
A pair of bright spots that glimmer inside an impact crater on the asteroid Ceres could be some kind of icy plume, new images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft have revealed.
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New Technique to Hunt for Earth-Like Planets
German researchers have developed a new technique that will help astronomers hunt for Earth-like planets around distant stars with ease.
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A Speck of Interstellar Dust Disrupts a Big Bang Theory
Scientists will have to wait awhile longer to find out what kicked off the Big Bang.
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Planet found orbiting Sun-like star
Three new exoplanets have been discovered orbiting stars in the Messier 67 star cluster and one of them circles a star that is nearly identical to the Sun, according to European Southern Observatory, or ESO, officials.
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Did Earth Create the Moon? Research Uncovers Clues About Lunar Formation
Recent findings from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute challenge previous theories about the moon's formation. The study reveals that the moon was largely created from material ejected from Earth's mantle, not from the protoplanet Theia. Additionally, it offers new perspectives on the origin of water on Earth, suggesting tha...
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Wolf 1069 b: Astronomers Discover An Earth-Like Planet Very Close To Us
A potentially habitable planet with a mass similar to Earth's has been found by scientists outside of our solar system.
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Video: Svante Paabo's Colleagues Celebrate His Nobel Prize By Tossing Him Into Pond
The members of the Max Planck Institute completed an old-age tradition of tossing a colleague into the pond in order to celebrate their scientific success.
-
Four-Legged Robot Dog With Virtual Spinal Cord Learns to Walk in One Hour
In a bid to study how humans learn to walk from stumbling, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Germany built a four-legged robot dog. They equipped the robot dog with an artificial spinal cord and observed that it learned to walk in just an hour.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021: Benjamin List, David MacMillan Win for Work on Molecular Construction
Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Germany's Benjamin List and David MacMillan of the US won the for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction.
-
Frequent Family Meals Can Help Develop Healthy Eating Habits In Kids, Says Research
A study conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development has found a direct relationship between family meal frequency and the nutritional health of the kids in the family.
-
Roundest Known Space Object Discovered
Astronomers claim to have discovered the roundest natural object in space ever measured - a slowly rotating star 5,000 light years away from the Earth.
-
Scientists to Inject Fuel in Experimental Fusion Device
The Greifswald device should be able to keep plasma in place for much longer than a tokamak, said Thomas Klinger, who heads the project.
-
First-Ever 'Growth Chart' For Milky Way Created
Researchers have created the first-ever 'growth chart' for Milky Way, which shows how our galaxy grew from its infancy to the bright spiral galaxy we see today.
-
Global Warming 'Tipping Points' Identified
An international team of scientists has identified potential 'tipping points' where abrupt regional climate shifts due to global warming could result in natural disasters.
-
'Dwarf Planet' Ceres Spawns Giant Mystery
First classified a planet, then an asteroid and then a "dwarf planet" with some traits of a moon - the more scientists learn about Ceres, the weirder it becomes.
-
Bright Spots on Dwarf Planet Can Be Active Ice: NASA
A pair of bright spots that glimmer inside an impact crater on the asteroid Ceres could be some kind of icy plume, new images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft have revealed.
-
New Technique to Hunt for Earth-Like Planets
German researchers have developed a new technique that will help astronomers hunt for Earth-like planets around distant stars with ease.
-
A Speck of Interstellar Dust Disrupts a Big Bang Theory
Scientists will have to wait awhile longer to find out what kicked off the Big Bang.
-
Planet found orbiting Sun-like star
Three new exoplanets have been discovered orbiting stars in the Messier 67 star cluster and one of them circles a star that is nearly identical to the Sun, according to European Southern Observatory, or ESO, officials.
