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Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from outer space—specifically via a collision with a Mars-sized planet billions of ...

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During the annual Defense Development-2025 exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea showcased yet another hypersonic weapon. The ...

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What does the passage of time look like for a truly quantum object? The world’s best clocks may soon be able to answer this question, testing how time can stretch and shift in the quantum realm and ...