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Did poop fuel paleontology's vaunted Cambrian explosion?
The Cambrian explosion is a critical moment for life on Earth—and it may have been all about poop Some 540 million years ago, life on Earth suddenly got interesting. For 20 million years or so, evolution went into overdrive. Called the Cambrian explosion , scientists have no idea why it happened. “We see the first evidence of basically every major animal group all pop into existence,” says Karma Nanglu, a paleontologist at the University of California, Riverside.
NASA-Raumsonde: Voyager 2 übersteht gewagtes Big-Bang-Manöver
Bericht Lesedauer ca. 4 Minuten Drucken Teilen Raumsonde: Voyager 2 übersteht gewagtes Big-Bang-Manöver Nach 49 Jahren im Weltraum geht den Voyager-Sonden der NASA langsam die Energie aus. Doch ein gewagter Eingriff dürfte die Lebensdauer der beiden Raumfahrzeuge nochmal um ein paar Jahre verlängern.
NASA's Voyager 2 survives daring ‘big bang' maneuver
After 49 years in space, NASA's Voyagers are running low on power—but an audacious move should extend the tenures of the two spacecraft “Big bang” is not a phrase NASA typically wants for describing any of its space missions, let alone its beloved twin Voyager interstellar probes. But engineers have successfully performed a delicate procedure with just that nickname on Voyager 2—a process they believe could extend the spacecraft's operations by two years. And Voyager 1 is up next.
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