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  • Kiladze is a cryovolcano

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    Kiladze is a cryovolcano #shorts #water ice spectral properties #team #space volcano #surface composition A team of planetary scientists think they may have found a super volcano on Pluto after studying images from New Horizons’ flyby of the dwarf planet in 2015. Looking at a crater called Kiladze, they determine that it is likely the…

  • Kamo’oalewa’s Spectrum

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    Kamo’oalewa’s Spectrum #shorts #- #Moon #orbit #Kamo’oalewa This paper discusses a new theory of how the near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa, also called a quasi-satellite, got to be in its present orbit. Basically, it means an object got knocked off the moon and became quasi-satellites, which are objects that orbit Earth rather than the Moon. Think of…

  • Titanoboa cerrejonensis

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    Titanoboa cerrejonensis #shorts #Titanoboa #giant reptile #fossils #prey Titanoboa is the new Fat Bear Week winner. While the titans of the future may get all the attention, palaeontologists have found evidence that giants once roamed the Earth. Consider this: Titanoboa, a member of the Boidae family, was a giant snake that lived during the Paleocene…

  • Lava Lamps Help Encrypt 10% of the Internet

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    Lava Lamps Help Encrypt 10% of the Internet #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #encryption #internet security #lava lamps #randomness #Cloudflare Around 10% of internet encryption relies on lava lamps as a source of randomness. The unpredictable, ever-changing blobs in lava lamps create random patterns that are photographed and translated into encryption keys. This…

  • Mars May Have Been a Planet of Ancient Rivers

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    Mars May Have Been a Planet of Ancient Rivers #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #Mars #rivers #water #erosion #landforms #habitability #life Good evening, I’m your host Arthurleson with a space update. New evidence suggests ancient Mars may have been a planet of rivers rather than the barren desert it is today. Researchers trained…

  • Dont Fear the Hammerhead Bat

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    Dont Fear the Hammerhead Bat #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #hammerhead bat #Hypsignathus monstrosus #fruit bat #mating #larynx #vocalizations Good evening, I’m your host Ayandainho with an animal report. The hammerhead bat may look like a Pokémon villain with its freaky square schnoz, but don’t let the name Hypsignathus monstrosus fool you. This…

  • Infrared Aurora Detected on Uranus

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    Infrared Aurora Detected on Uranus #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #Uranus #aurora #infrared #atmosphere #magnetic field #ice giants Good evening, I’m your host Ayandaleheim here with a space report. For the first time ever, scientists have spotted an infrared aurora swirling around the planet Uranus. Unlike the colorful light shows we see on…

  • Study Finds Genetic Link Between Autism and Synesthesia

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    Study Finds Genetic Link Between Autism and Synesthesia #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #autism #synesthesia #twins #genetics #senses #perception Good evening, I’m your Weekend Update host Gregoryinoff with a science report. Researchers recently studied over 2,000 pairs of twins to uncover a fascinating link between autism and synesthesia. For those unfamiliar, synesthesia is…

  • NASA Cant Open Asteroid Sample Box

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    NASA Cant Open Asteroid Sample Box #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #asteroid Bennu #NASA #OSIRIS-REx #spacecraft #asteroid sample #TAGSAM Good evening, I’m your host Niamherton here with a space update. Last year, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touched down on the asteroid Bennu, grabbed some rock samples, and brought them back to Earth. But now…

  • Hackers Offer to Crack Open $200 Million Bitcoin Wallet

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    Hackers Offer to Crack Open $200 Million Bitcoin Wallet #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency #password #IronKey #encrypted hard drive Good evening, I’m your Weekend Update host Gregoryipher with a crypto conundrum. Back in 2011, a programmer named Stefan Thomas made a short video explaining Bitcoin. As payment he got 7,002 Bitcoins,…