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Space & Cosmos
Katy Perry tried to roar into space with every woman’s flight
Pop star Katy Perry said she hopes a trip to space will inspire her daughter. Pop star Katy Perry touched the edge of space on Monday and was the biggest name of all women’s groups who roamed into space with one of billionaire Jeff Bezos’ rockets. The “Fireworks” and “California Girls” singers are ships from Blue Origin, a space company…
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Space & Cosmos
Four space tourists return to Earth after a personal flight via pole
In this image from the video provided by SpaceX, a dragon capsule carrying four space tourists prepares to splash out in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday, April 4, 2025. Credit: SpaceX via AP Four space tourists who orbited the Arctic and Antarctic returned to Earth on Friday and jumped down into the Pacific Ocean to…
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Space & Cosmos
Bitcoin Investors Buy the entire SpaceX Flight for the Ultimate Polar Adventure
In this image provided by SpaceX, show from left: Eric Phillips, Australia’s polar guide. Lavear Lodge is a German robot researcher. Norwegian filmmakers Jannicke Mikkelsen and Chun Wang are Chinese-born Bitcoin investors who currently live in Malta, paying for the entire spaceflight. Credit: SpaceX via AP A Bitcoin investor and three Polar Explorers who purchased SpaceX flights for himself blew…
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Science
The ancient parasitic “Venus Flight Rap” WASP is preserved in amber.
Holotype of Sirenobethylus charybdis. Credit: Qiong Wu Destined to the mid-Kinashi period, the extinct lineage of parasite hornets, preserved in amber, may have used Venus flight-lap-like abdomen to capture and immobilize prey. A study published in BMC Biology shows that the specimen of Sirenovetiluscharibdis, named after a sea monster in Greek mythology, was swallowed and absorbed by 3 times a…
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Biology
Study shows bird flight paths past two wind farms proposed for Bass Strait
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A world-first study of migratory bird movements across Bass Strait has found the birds are moving directly through areas designated by the federal government for two offshore wind farms. Monash University researchers studying Tasmania’s boob owl have for the first time investigated its flight migration path from Victoria to Tasmania, tracking the birds via satellite and…
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Environment
Hurricane Helen drone flight breaks data collection and flight time records
S0 Drone Sensors, Components, and Hardware. Credit: Black Swift Technologies As Hurricane Helen formed in the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA researchers collected critical data from the sea and air to better understand tropical cyclones and support forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. This real-time data gives meteorologists a clearer picture of the storm environment and structure, reducing forecast uncertainty. Researchers…
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