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- 1Video traces history of the first transatlantic telegraph cable●⚡ NEW: A # video from Primordial Space traces how the first transatlantic # telegraph cable, laid 168 years ago, connect
Primordial Space has released a video tracing the history of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, laid 168 years ago to connect North America and Europe. The account walks viewers through the technological precursors, from Jean-Antoine Nollet's 1746 electric shock experiment and Claude Chappe's semaphore towers to Volta's battery, showing how early electrical discoveries eventually made instant intercontinental communication possible.
- 2Ancient hydrogen detection offers new way to probe universe's expansion▼Ancient hydrogen spotted in the early universe could open a new way to study space's baffling expansion
Scientists have spotted ancient hydrogen in the early universe, a discovery that could open a new way of studying the baffling expansion of space. The finding gives researchers a fresh observational tool for probing how the universe grew in its earliest epochs, and it is drawing attention as a potential step toward resolving tensions in measurements of cosmic expansion.
- 3Earth and Mars Formed From Same Dust, Diverged Early●Earth and Mars Were Born From the Same Dust but Grew Up Completely Different
A new study argues that Earth and Mars formed from the same primordial cloud of dust in the early solar system, yet followed very different developmental paths. Researchers suggest differences in size, composition and early conditions drove the two planets onto sharply divergent evolutionary tracks, helping explain why only one became habitable. The findings are drawing attention among planetary scientists and space enthusiasts.