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An international team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a huge asteroid whose orbit intersects with that of the earth, creating a small possibility of a catastrophic collision in a distant future. The asteroid, of 1.5 kilometers wide, named 2022 AP7, was discovered in an area where it is particularly difficult to detect objects due to the Sunshine. He was found using high-tech instruments in the Victor M. Blanco telescope, in Chile, originally developed to study dark matter, and the results of the research were published in the scientific journal 'The astronomical magazine'. "2022 AP7 intersects Earth's orbit, making…

A study from the University of Cambridge analyzes the evolution of this characteristic feature of rhinos The rhino horns they have shrunk (and a lot) in the last century. The first photographic portraits of these animals, taken a little over 100 years ago, show that they have long horns. longer than we can currently see. According to the first historical analysis Regarding the evolution of this characteristic feature of rhinos, everything indicates that poaching is responsible for this phenomenon. The study, led by the University of Cambridge, has analyzed photographs of rhinos captured between the years 1886 and 2018. They…

The "exceptional" case of a woman who, with less than forty years of life, has come to develop twelve tumors, at least five of them malignant, opens "a way to detect cells with tumor potential well in advance of clinical tests and the diagnostic imaging" and also "a novel way to stimulate the immune response against a carcinogenic process", according to the head of the Cell Division and Cancer group at the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Marcos Malumbres. The study, published this Wednesday in the journal 'Science Advances', explains how women He had his first tumor process when he…

Catalonia and others autonomous communities from the northern half of Spain They have closed this Friday morning air space due to the uncontrolled passage of a chinese rocket long march 5b, which finally fell in an area of ​​the South Pacific Ocean at 11:01 a.m., peninsular time. The national air navigation manager enaire has followed the recommendations of the European Aviation Safety Agency (TO THAT) and has restricted All flights of the airports of Barcelona Y Girona - Costa Brava from 09:38 a.m. and 10:18 a.m. The preventive closure It has also affected the infrastructures of Ibiza, Aragon, and Navarra,…