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Ship footage shared with BBC captures sound of Titan sub imploding

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis

9 hours agoThe writing is on the wall in first trailer for Netflix’s new OceanGate documentaryTitan: The OceanGate Disaster starts streaming on June 11th. It was hard to believe how ill-conceived and poorly managed OceanGate Expeditions’ plan to send its people down to the Titanic wreckage was, as reports first broke of the company’s Titan submersible suffering a catastrophic implosion.
El "Río de la muerte", el monumental cementerio prehistórico que los científicos estudian para reconstruir el final de miles de dinosaurios

2 weeks ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis

Escondida bajo las laderas de un frondoso bosque en Alberta, Canadá, hay una fosa común de escala monumental. Miles de dinosaurios quedaron enterrados aquí, muertos en un instante en un día de absoluta devastación. Ahora, un grupo de paleontólogos llegó a esta zona conocida como Pipestone Creek —apodada como "el Río de la muerte" —, para tratar de resolver un enigma de 72 millones de años: ¿cómo murieron?
A misteriosa 'vala comum' de dinossauros, onde milhares deles estão enterrados

2 weeks ago | g1.globo.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis

Escondida sob as encostas de uma floresta exuberante em Alberta, no Canadá, encontra-se uma vala comum de proporções monumentais. Milhares de dinossauros foram enterrados aqui, mortos imediatamente em um dia de devastação total. Agora, um grupo de paleontólogos chegou ao riacho Pipestone — conhecido apropriadamente como "Rio da Morte" — para ajudar a resolver um enigma de 72 milhões de anos: como eles morreram?
Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon?

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis

3 hours agoBuzz Aldrin, 95, Gushes Over Wife, 66, in Rare PostThe legendary astronaut married his fourth wife, Anca Faur, on his 93rd birthday. Buzz Aldrin is celebrating his wife on her special day. The legendary …4 hours agoThe U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland’s Ice for DecadesWhile flying above the Arctic Circle last spring, a team of NASA scientists testing a new radar system over northern Greenland detected something unusual.
Os detalhes surpreendentes sobre as últimas horas do Titanic revelados em réplica 3D

1 month ago | g1.globo.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis

Réplica em 3D do Titanic revela detalhes do naufrágio Uma análise detalhada de um escaneamento digital em tamanho real do Titanic revelou novas informações sobre as horas finais do navio. A réplica 3D exata mostra com clareza a violência como navio se partiu ao meio enquanto afundava, após colidir com um iceberg em 1912 — 1,5 mil pessoas perderam a vida na tragédia.
Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis |Greg Brosnan

After nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth. Their SpaceX capsule made a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere, before four parachutes opened to take them to a gentle splashdown off the coast of Florida. A pod of dolphins circled the craft.
Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis |Greg Brosnan

2 hours agoPresident Emmanuel Macron has said France would increase orders for Rafale fighter jets and invest nearly 1.5 billion euros into one of its air bases to equip its squadrons with the latest nuclear missile technology, adding the country will have to get ready to defend itself "if we want to avoid …
First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years

Feb 5, 2025 | yahoo.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis

A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2,000 years. The document, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD and is too fragile to ever be physically opened. But now scientists have used a combination of X-ray imaging and artificial intelligence to virtually unfurl it, revealing rows and columns of text.
Asteroide possui 'ingredientes' necessários para criar vida, dizem cientistas

Jan 29, 2025 | g1.globo.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis

Os "ingredientes" químicos que permitem a vida foram encontrados na poeira granulada de um asteroide chamado Bennu, revela uma pesquisa recém-publicada. Amostras da rocha espacial, que foram colhidas por uma nave espacial da Nasa e trazidas de volta para a Terra, contêm uma rica variedade de minerais e milhares de compostos orgânicos.
Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

Jan 29, 2025 | yahoo.com | Rebecca Morelle |Alison Francis

The chemical building blocks of life have been found in the grainy dust of an asteroid called Bennu, an analysis reveals. Samples of the space rock, which were scooped up by a Nasa spacecraft and brought to Earth, contain a rich array of minerals and thousands of organic compounds. These include amino acids, which are the molecules that make up proteins, as well as nucleobases - the fundamental components of DNA.