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Europe’s Euclid Space Telescope Will See Cosmos with Panoramic Vision

Share this on WhatsApp A lot will be riding on the European Space Agency’s (ESA’S) Euclid spacecraft when it blasts off in a rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, in September 2022—far more than its 1.2-meter telescope and twosophisticated wide-field-imaging instruments. Paired with complementary measurements from two other next-generation facilities—the Vera […]

Nobel Prize Winner Questions Peacock’s Feathers

Share this on WhatsApp Originally published in November 1954 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “When a golden pheasant cock displays his brilliant plumage before the hen, we are accustomed to say he is courting her. Just what this expression means when applied to a nonhuman animal is far from clear; the idea is so obviously anthropomorphic […]

The Biggest Mystery: What It Will Take To Trace The Coronavirus Source

Share this on WhatsApp Since the pandemic began, the question of where the coronavirus came from has been one of the biggest puzzles. It almost certainly originated in bats, and a new study out this week—the most comprehensive analysis of coronaviruses in China—adds further weight to that theory. But the lack of clarity around how […]