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A NASA satellite launched in 1976 carries a Carl Sagan–designed plaque sealed inside its core, mapping Earth's continents 268 million years ago, at launch, and 8.4 million years from now — and that last date is no accident, because it's roughly when the sat - Space Daily

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A NASA satellite launched in 1976 carries a Carl Sagan–designed plaque sealed inside its core, mapping Earth's continents 268 million years ago, at launch, and 8.4 million years from now — and that last date is no accident, because it's roughly when the sat - Space Daily image

Atomic oxygen in low Earth orbit slowly eats spacecraft surfaces, and the ISS survives because engineers learned to coat, test, and replace the materials most vulnerable to it - Space Daily

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Atomic oxygen in low Earth orbit slowly eats spacecraft surfaces, and the ISS survives because engineers learned to coat, test, and replace the materials most vulnerable to it - Space Daily image

The Vela satellites were built to catch secret nuclear tests, but they accidentally recorded flashes from deep space that opened a new branch of astrophysics - Space Daily

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The Vela satellites were built to catch secret nuclear tests, but they accidentally recorded flashes from deep space that opened a new branch of astrophysics - Space Daily image

Webb just clocked nearly 9,000 young star clusters and found the biggest ones break from their birth clouds in 5 million years, a timing clue that could reshape how astronomers model galaxies growing up - Space Daily

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Webb just clocked nearly 9,000 young star clusters and found the biggest ones break from their birth clouds in 5 million years, a timing clue that could reshape how astronomers model galaxies growing up - Space Daily image

The Hubble Deep Field began as a gamble on a tiny patch of sky that had been chosen because it looked almost empty, and it ended by revealing nearly 3,000 galaxies hiding in what seemed like nothing. - Space Daily

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The Hubble Deep Field began as a gamble on a tiny patch of sky that had been chosen because it looked almost empty, and it ended by revealing nearly 3,000 galaxies hiding in what seemed like nothing. - Space Daily image

Titan’s atmosphere is thicker than Earth’s, its rivers and lakes are made of methane and ethane, and NASA is sending a nuclear-powered drone there because on Saturn’s largest moon, flying may be easier than driving. - Space Daily

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Titan’s atmosphere is thicker than Earth’s, its rivers and lakes are made of methane and ethane, and NASA is sending a nuclear-powered drone there because on Saturn’s largest moon, flying may be easier than driving. - Space Daily image

Stephen Hawking’s dad reveals super genius was lazy kid who ‘didn’t study,’ lounged around too much: biography - New York Post

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Stephen Hawking’s dad reveals super genius was lazy kid who ‘didn’t study,’ lounged around too much: biography - New York Post image

I spent years assuming my personality was fixed — then I learned what neuroplasticity actually means and realised I had been maintaining myself like a finished product instead of a living system - Space Daily

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I spent years assuming my personality was fixed — then I learned what neuroplasticity actually means and realised I had been maintaining myself like a finished product instead of a living system - Space Daily image

A Radical Innovation Helped Archaic Humans Survive a Harsh Ice Age - ScienceAlert

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A Radical Innovation Helped Archaic Humans Survive a Harsh Ice Age - ScienceAlert image

Extreme 8.5-minute orbit reveals white dwarf being torn apart by its binary companion - Phys.org

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Extreme 8.5-minute orbit reveals white dwarf being torn apart by its binary companion - Phys.org image

The human genome contains traces of ancient viruses that infected our ancestors millions of years ago — and some of those viral leftovers were later repurposed into genes that help make human pregnancy possible - Space Daily

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The human genome contains traces of ancient viruses that infected our ancestors millions of years ago — and some of those viral leftovers were later repurposed into genes that help make human pregnancy possible - Space Daily image

A glacier bigger than Washington state is melting faster than ever. The implications are dire - OregonLive.com

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Massive 'X' and 'V' shapes will appear on the moon tonight — here's how to see them - Space

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Massive 'X' and 'V' shapes will appear on the moon tonight — here's how to see them - Space image

Research Paper Warns That There's a Massive Experiment at Work to Geoengineer the Earth's Climate - Futurism

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Research Paper Warns That There's a Massive Experiment at Work to Geoengineer the Earth's Climate - Futurism image

The Milky Way ate another galaxy. Scientists say they’ve found the scraps - CNN

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The Milky Way ate another galaxy. Scientists say they’ve found the scraps - CNN image

The Emptiest Places in the Universe Might Contain Its Best Secrets - WIRED

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The Emptiest Places in the Universe Might Contain Its Best Secrets - WIRED image

A ‘Golden Orb’ on the Ocean Floor Came From a Mysterious Animal - WIRED

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A ‘Golden Orb’ on the Ocean Floor Came From a Mysterious Animal - WIRED image

A fossil site in North Dakota appears to have captured the day the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth, right down to tiny glass beads from the impact lodged in the gills of fish that died within hours - Space Daily

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A fossil site in North Dakota appears to have captured the day the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth, right down to tiny glass beads from the impact lodged in the gills of fish that died within hours - Space Daily image

A slice of the static on an old untuned television was the afterglow of the Big Bang, which means millions of people spent decades staring at the oldest light in the universe without knowing it. - Space Daily

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A slice of the static on an old untuned television was the afterglow of the Big Bang, which means millions of people spent decades staring at the oldest light in the universe without knowing it. - Space Daily image

Sea level rise is speeding up and scientists now know exactly why - ScienceDaily

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Sea level rise is speeding up and scientists now know exactly why - ScienceDaily image