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September 30, 2023
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Space.com

Brilliant Harvest Moon, the last supermoon of 2023, wows stargazers around the world (photos)

The summer of 2023 has been a treat for full moon fans. Since July, we’ve seen four supermoons in a row, including the rare Super Blue Moon Moon of August and this weekend, the final supermoon of the year, the Harvest Moon of September, …

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Space.com

‘Einstein ring’ snapped by James Webb Space Telescope is most distant gravitationally lensed object ever seen

But a true Einstein ring forms a complete circle around the closer entity, which is possible only when the distant object, foreground object and observer are perfectly aligned.

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CNN

NASA’s next stop: An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN —. After a nearly 4 billion-mile round trip, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully delivered NASA’s first asteroid sample …

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Space.com

Time-lapse video shows a supernova’s aftermath ballooning into space

It is a remarkable age that we live in — a time when astronomers have the ability to capture direct footage of space explosions that happened long before you and I existed. Such is the case for a cosmic time-lapse video scientists released on Thursday …

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Nature.com

: group-theoretical analysis and hybrid DFT calculations

For example, the Jahn–Teller effect is observed around Fe^{4\texttt {+}} ions in distorted monoclinic La_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}FeO_{3} using hybrid density functional theory (DFT) calculations and in oxidized SrFe_{x}Ti_{1-x}O_{3} using XAS and vibrational …

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AZCentral.com

When is the next full moon? Everything to know about the Hunter’s Moon in October

Selenophiles, this one is for you. The October 2023 full moon, known as the Hunter’s Moon, is a celestial event you won’t want to miss. Scheduled to grace the night sky on Oct. 28, this lunar phase offers a stunning display of nature’s beauty.

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The Hindu

With no central brain, can jellyfish learn from past experiences?

Scientists demonstrated that the jellies could acquire the ability to avoid obstacles through associative learning, a process through which organisms form mental connections between sensory stimulations and behaviours. The researchers dressed a round tank …

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Business Today

Aditya-L1 Sun Mission update: ISRO says Aditya-L1 ‘successfully escapes sphere of Earth’s influence’

It is the second time in succession that ISRO could send a spacecraft outside the sphere of influence of the Earth, the first time being the Mars Orbiter Mission. Shubham Singh. Updated Sep 30, 2023, 7:33 PM IST. This is a major milestone for the …

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The Hindu

What are the Lagrange points and why is Aditya-L1 headed to one? | Explained

Some of the most amazing phenomena in nature, from electromagnetic radiation and infrared vision to subatomic particles and cosmic rays, are invisible, and we get to know them only through their various applications. This is true of Lagrange points as …

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Varsity Online

How natural scientists joined forces to reveal how plants work

That is what a team of researchers from the Department of Physics, Biochemistry and Chemistry demonstrated when they joined forces to peer into one of the most interdisciplinary puzzles of science: photosynthesis. “Photosynthesis is …

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