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Reading a Rock for Ghosts: On Defining “Life” and Inferring It from Mars
Perseverance’s Jezero mudstone shows minerals, textures and organics hinting at possible biosignatures—cautious, Bayesian steps.
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Flight 10, Starship, and the Art of Learning by Fire
Starship IFT-10 revealed heat-shield gaps, successful payload deploys and booster tests – key lessons for reusable orbital flights.
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The One-Hertz Challenge: Where Slow is the New Fast, and Ticking is an Art Form
One-Hertz Challenge: madcap makers craft devices that act once per second — from hair-band clocks to a candle-flame oscillator.
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From Sci-Fi to Orbit: How the U.S. Military’s Latest Launch is Revolutionizing Navigation Without GPS
US military’s X-37B launch ushers GPS-free navigation: quantum sensors and laser comms pave the way for resilient space operations.
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SpaceX’s Starship Flight 10: MarkSetBot Buoy Makes a Splash in the Indian Ocean Landing
Starship’s first soft upper-stage splashdown in the Indian Ocean, captured live by a MarkSetBot buoy via Starlink telemetry.
