The Virtual Tribune
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NASA’s MAVEN Finds Solar Wind Stripped Mars of Its Atmosphere and Surface Water
BOULDER, August 4 — Our celestial neighbor, Mars, once held flowing rivers and perhaps even an ocean, a…
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Physicists Break Quantum Entanglement Record Over 420 km Fiber
HEFEI, Aug 4 — A team of physicists has pushed quantum entanglement across 420 kilometers of optical fiber,…
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China’s Micius Quantum Satellite: What the $100 Million Mission Achieved Before Re-entry
BEIJING, Aug 4 — The newest benchmark in quantum networking did not come from orbit. Data from a…
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Chinese Physicists Entangle Quantum Memories Across 420 Kilometers of Optical Fiber
GENEVA, August 4 — The shift is undeniable: quantum communication, once a theoretical frontier, is rapidly moving into…
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China Remains the World’s Biggest Energy Consumer, With Coal Still Supplying Half
BEIJING, August 4 — China’s economic footprint in global energy markets remains immense, with data from early 2024…
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Treaty of Tordesillas: The 1494 Line That Split the World Between Two Crowns
TORDESILLAS, July 13 — The ink has long faded, but the line it drew across the Atlantic endures.…
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Meet the Chinese Team Behind the 420-Kilometer Quantum Entanglement Record
VIENNA, August 4 — The global race to establish secure quantum networks, a cornerstone for future trade and…
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Webb Spectroscopy Tests How Early Galaxies Grew, and Some Massive Candidates Fall Short
BALTIMORE, Aug. 3 — The record from the James Webb Space Telescope now shows galaxies whose light has…
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James Webb Space Telescope Launched From Guiana Space Centre In 2021
GUIANA SPACE CENTRE, August 3 — The sheer ambition of space exploration often hinges on the reliability of…
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NASA, ESA, CSA Collaborate on James Webb Space Telescope
PARIS, Aug. 3 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable: the era of the single-agency space triumph is…
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Webb Telescope’s First Deep Field Image of SMACS 0723 Reveals Thousands of Galaxies
WASHINGTON D.C., August 3 — Four years ago, on July 11, 2022, humanity received an extraordinary gift: the…
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FCC Clears Xona to Deploy Commercial Navigation Constellation Beside GPS
WASHINGTON, July 16 — On the ground in the race to build America’s next-generation navigation network, a small…
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Magnitude 5.2 Quake Strikes Deep Beneath Eastern Peru, Felt Lightly
SAN ALEJANDRO, Peru, Aug. 3 — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 66 km west-northwest of San Alejandro, Peru,…
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JWST Finds Massive Early Galaxies, but Astrophysics May Explain Them
GREENBELT, August 3 — The universe’s oldest secrets are getting a fresh look, thanks to the incredible vision…
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1977 Galápagos Expedition Found the First Hydrothermal Vents and Life Without Sunlight
WOODS HOLE, Aug. 2 — The mineral-rich geysers discovered on the Pacific seafloor in 1977 rewrote the rules…
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Magnitude 5 quake shakes Changning, China, no tsunami warning
CHANGNING, China, Aug 2 — When the ground shifts beneath a seismically busy corner of China, even a…
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Microplastics Found in 92% of Animals Sampled From Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
NUR-SULTAN, August 2 — The integrity of global marine resources faces increasing scrutiny as a recent study revealed…
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Magnitude 5.1 Quake Strikes Offshore Near Tristan Da Cunha
TRISTAN DA CUNHA, Aug. 1 — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck the Tristan da Cunha region on Saturday,…
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Laser Survey Finds 396 New Earthworks in Brazil’s Amazon, Pointing to a Larger Ancient Population
BRASÍLIA, July 29 — Hundreds of previously unknown structures have been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest, according to…
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Strait of Hormuz Closure of 2026: What the Chokepoint Is and What Shutting It Cost
WASHINGTON D.C., August 1 — The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf with the…
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1973 Arab Oil Embargo Pushed Crude Prices Up Nearly 300 Percent
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1 — History records a clear precedent for how significant disruptions to global oil supply…
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Magnitude 5.6 quake strikes near Port McNeill, Canada
PORT MCNEILL, August 1 — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake, a mid-range jolt in the grand scheme of planetary…
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SpaceX Falcon 9: Design, Development Setbacks and the Reusable First Stage
HAWTHORNE, August 1 — The Falcon 9 launch vehicle, a significant innovation from SpaceX, continues to demonstrate the…
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Astronomer Bill Gray Tracked Falcon 9 Booster’s Lunar Collision Path
PASADENA, August 1 — The burgeoning global space economy, fueled by rapid commercial expansion, increasingly depends on precise…
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