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Astronomers detect a solar system they say should not be possible | CNN A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

Astronomers detect a solar system they say should not be possible.

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Largest galaxy survey yet confirms that the Universe is not clumpy enough The six-year results from the Dark Energy Survey highlight unresolved tensions in standard cosmological theory

The six-year results from the Dark Energy Survey highlight unresolved tensions in standard cosmological theory

Invisible companion leaves evidence trail around supergiant star Betelgeuse | CNN Optical proof of a tiny companion orbiting supergiant star Betelgeuse is hard to come by. Hubble just spotted new evidence.

Supergiant star Betelgeuse is full of mysteries. New observations might solve the biggest one

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How to See Faster-Than-Light Motion Superluminal velocities are common but illusory

Superluminal velocities are common but illusory

Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be ‘tipping point’ in search for extraterrestrial life

Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system

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One of the largest known black holes, TON 618, is estimated to be 66 billion times the mass of our Sun, and its shadow is so large that a beam of light would take weeks to traverse it, making it significantly larger than our solar system.

One of the largest known black holes, TON 618, is estimated to be 66 billion times the mass of our Sun, and its shadow is so large that a beam of light would take weeks to traverse it, making it significantly larger than our solar system.

Live updates: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon | CNN A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based Firefly has successfully landed on the moon, becoming only the second private-sector company ever to complete such a feat.

Firefly 'Blue Ghost' lunar lander touches down on the #moon.

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China Focus: Chinese scientists find evidence for existence of intermediate-mass black holes

New discoveries about intermediate size black holes.

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YR4 asteroid: The hits and near-misses you never hear about Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.

About 2024 YR4 and other #asteroids that might hit the earth.
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A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

NASA's Webb, Hubble Telescopes Affirm Universe's Expansion Rate, Puzzle Persists - NASA Science NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope have tag-teamed to produce definitive measurements of the universe's expansion rate.

Observations confirm that Universe's Expansion Rate puzzle persists. #NASA #Astrophysics

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Brilliant essay about #productivity.

The hunt for heat: Drilling the deepest holes on Earth Reaching the geothermal energy far beneath our feet will require digging further into the Earth's crust than ever before.

The hunt for heat: Drilling the deepest holes on Earth #Iceland #geothermal

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The world got its first glimpse on Friday of the newly renovated Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Gothic medieval masterpiece is scheduled to reopen on Dec. 8, five years after a devastating fire shut it down. nyti.ms/41fB1zb

Ancient footprints capture coexistence of two kinds of human ancestor About 1.5 million years ago, early members of our genus Homo walked along a lakeshore in Africa within hours of another kind of hominin, likely Paranthropus

Two sets of footprints made within hours of each other at Koobi Fora; Homo erectus and Paranthropus, researchers suggest.
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AI Scambaiters: O2 creates AI Granny to waste scammers’ time O2 has created human-like Daisy, an AI ‘Granny’ to answer calls in real time from fraudsters, keeping them on the phone and away from customers for as long a...

Finally, a perfect use for AI.

“O2 has created human-like Daisy, an AI 'Granny' to answer calls in real time from fraudsters, keeping them on the phone and away from customers for as long as possible.”

The website tracks how fast Bluesky is growing in near real time Bluesky has added millions of new users since the election—and this site lets you watch each one as they sign up.

You can watch Bluesky’s growth in real time in the most satisfying way possible.

Mandela: "Action without vision is only passing time. Vision without action is day dreaming. But vision with action can change the world."

Europe unveils €10B satellite internet constellation to counter Starlink The race for satellite internet dominance has intensified as the European Commission greenlit a €10 billion contract for its sovereign satellite internet constellation, IRIS².

Europe unveils plans for #IRIS² satellite Internet constellation to counter SpaceX’s #Starlink and Amazon’s Project #Kuiper.

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Navigating time zones and cultures: Tips for effectively managing distributed teams Discover strategies for managing effectively global remote teams across diverse time zones and backgrounds.

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47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades

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Levde för 4,2 miljarder år sedan – äldsta tecknet på liv Vår äldsta gemensamma förfader var en bakterieliknande organism. Arvsmassan avslöjar att den måste ha varit mer avancerad än vad man förut har trott. – Vi har upptäckt att den kan ha utvecklat en tidi...

Our earliest ancestor: Luca. 4,2 bn years old. www.svt.se/nyheter/vete...

New Horizons Flyover of Pluto Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, mission scientists have created flyover movies that offer s...

#Pluto mountains. youtu.be/g1fPhhTT2Oo?...

Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spacecraft returns data from all 4 instruments The spacecraft has resumed full science operations after a technical issue began creating complications in November 2023.

Voyager1# is back online! www.space.com/voyager-1-fu...

New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars Manganese-rich sandstones indicate there were once habitable conditions in the Gale Crater

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Using its ChemCam instrument, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that the sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the shoreline of an ancient lake. 🧪

Mariachi Fiesta México on Instagram 120 likes, 5 comments - fiestamexico on September 16, 2023

Cielito Lindo. Featuring Swedish #MariachiFiestaMexico.

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There are almost 10,000 satellites orbiting Earth—and that's creating a booming space economy | Flipboard Fast Company - But launch service companies got just about 9% of equity investments over the last decade. Cool, sci-fi stuff—like building space stations, providing “orbital services,” manufacturing i...

There are almost 10,000 satellites orbiting Earth—and that's creating a booming #space economy

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How the solar eclipse may affect the brain and bring people together Awe-inspiring cosmological events can powerfully influence our psychology

How the solar #eclipse may affect the brain and bring people together

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Solar Eclipse Will Reveal Stunning Corona, Scientists Predict Predicting what the sun will look like during a total solar eclipse is a helpful exercise for scientists in the long quest to understand how our star works

Solar #eclipse will reveal stunning #corona, scientists predict.

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