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We Went to the Moon in 1969. What’s Taking So Long to Reach Mars?

By: Sofia Grade 8 People first landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission—a feat achieved in roughly eight years from the official commitment to the landing. Yet our attempt to send humans to Mars has already spanned over 70 years, with technical studies dating …

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Point of No Return: A trip to the black hole

Imagine floating in the deep void of space, surrounded by a silent sea of brilliant, non-twinklingstars. Suddenly, your eyes are seized by a strange anomaly: a sphere of absolute darkness,wrapped in a whirling carnival of light—a black hole, one of the universe’s most enigmaticphenomena.A black hole is a region in …

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The Science of the Scroll: 

How social media engineered your attention Have you ever promised yourself to scroll for ‘5’ more minutes, but ended up spending half an hour? If you feel like you can’t control it, you’re right. And it’s not that you’re weak-minded; instead, it’s the sneaky science behind social media platforms that’s …

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