Science history: Marie Curie discovers a strange radioactive substance that would eventually kill her โ Dec. 26, 1898
Marie and Pierre Curie(center and right )in their laboratory with another unknown male. (Image credit: Marie and Pierre Curie (centre)with a male, utilizing devices in their lab, Paris. Picture, ca….
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Science history: James Webb Space Telescope launches โ and promptly cracks our view of the universe โ Dec. 25, 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope released on Christmas Day, 2021. It has actually improved our view of the universes. (Image credit: Getty Images ) Turning point: James Webb Space Telescope…
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Science history: Norwegian explorer wins the treacherous race to the South Pole, while British rival perishes along with his crew โ Dec. 14, 1911
Roald Amundsen’s team was the very first to reach the South Pole. Nowadays, there’s a research study station near there. (Image credit: NOAA) Turning point: People reach the South Pole…
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Science history: ‘Patient zero’ catches SARS, the older cousin of COVID โ Nov. 16, 2002
Travelers on a cable car in Hong Kong throughout the SARS epidemic. (Image credit: Christian Keenan through Getty Images) FAST FACTS Turning point: Individual contaminated with SARS Date: Nov. 16,…
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Science history: Chemists discover buckyballs โ the most perfect molecules in existence โ Nov. 14, 1985
An illustration of a bucky ball, a 60-carbon-molecule that highly looks like a geodesic dome. Researchers initially identified these extremely in proportion particles in 1985. (Image credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO…
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Science history: Astronomers spot first known planet around a sunlike star, raising hopes for extraterrestrial life โ Nov. 1, 1995
An artist’s impression of Pegasi 51 b. (Image credit: NASA) Quick realities Turning point: Discovery of a Jupiter-size world around a far-off, sunlike star When: Nov. 1, 1995 Where: Haute-Provence…
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Science history: Edwin Hubble uncovers the vastness of the universe with discovery of ‘standard candle’ โ Oct. 5, 1923
[ 19659002]A time-lapse series of the star M31-V1 altering in brightness over numerous weeks. Edwin Hubble found the star in 1923. (Image credit: Image: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Project; Acknowledgment:…
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Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era โ Oct. 3, 1950
A reproduction of the very first & working transistor. The style utilized 2 slices of gold, a coiled spring, and a piece of germanium. Transistors have actually come a long…
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Science history: Alexander Fleming wakes up to funny mold in his petri dish, and accidentally discovers the first antibiotic โ Sept. 28, 1928
Alexander Fleming posturing in his messy lab in 1943. Stacks of petri meals can be seen on the counter behind him. While his techniques might not have actually been quite,…
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Science history: DART, humanityโs first-ever asteroid deflection mission, punches a space rock in the face โ Sept. 26, 2022
DART’s last minutes before it crashed into Dimorphos’s surface area. (Image credit: John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) FAST FACTS Turning point: DART rocket crashes into asteroid moonlet Dimorphos Date:…
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