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The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

With a new measurement imminent, the Courier explores the experimental results and theoretical calculations used to predict ...

For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on ...

IF we assume that the X-ray scattering of the ‘unmodified ... by the molecules in dust-free liquids or gases, the diffuse radiation of the ordinary kind, having the same wave-length as ...

The sun can dry out the skin, making it more vulnerable to damage from UV rays. When the skin becomes ... the immune system reacts to some part of the electromagnetic spectrum of sunlight.