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July 1, 2024
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Space.com

Forbidden black holes and ancient stars hide in these ‘tiny red dots’ (image)

Forget “little green men” — it is “little red dots” in the infant universe that caught the eye of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The odd red bodies, scientists say, hide stars that models suggest are “too old” to have lived during early cosmic …

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Space.com

Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm

New research has identified two distinct populations of sub-Neptunes that have densities linked to resonance. Comments (0). An artist’s illustration shows a bright blue planet in the foreground with a yellow, glowing. Illustration shows a sub-Neptune …

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CNN

NASA administrator weighs in on China’s historic lunar far side samples — and potential US access

The return capsule of the Chang’e-6 probe lands in China on June 25, carrying the world’s first samples collected from the moon’s far side. Menghe Zhaoru/VCG/Getty Images.

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Space.com

Once-in-a-lifetime star explosion, visible from Earth, could happen any day now

If you’ve always wanted to witness a stellar explosion, your time is about to come. T Coronae Borealis, also known as T CrB (pronounced tee-core-bore) or the “Blaze Star,” is on the precipice of a massive explosion — one that should be visible from …

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Yahoo News

A Piece of Evidence May Explain Why the Woolly Mammoth Disappeared So Suddenly

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” The search for exploding comet residue strong enough to have wiped out the woolly mammoth has dipped deep below the Earth’s surface.

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Space.com

Watch Firefly Aerospace launch 8 cubesats to orbit tonight

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket will fly for the fifth time ever early Tuesday morning (July 2), and you can watch the action live. The mission, which Firefly calls “Noise of Summer,” is scheduled to launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force …

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MIT News

A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with amputation walk naturally

State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don’t give the user full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic sensors and controllers that move the limb using predefined …

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Forbes

New Moon, Planets And Earth Farthest From Sun: The Night Sky This Week

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere. Be sure to check my main feed for more in-depth articles on stargazing, astronomy, eclipses and more …

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Popular Science

If dinosaurs hadn’t gone extinct, we may not have delicious grapes

A team of researchers found fossilized grape seeds dating back 60 to 19 million years old in Colombia, Panama, and Peru. The find includes the oldest known example of plants from the grape family in the Western Hemisphere and tells some parts of the …

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Phys.Org

In hot water and beyond: Marine extremes escalate

Marine life in the water column depends on the right combination of water temperature, acidity, and oxygen levels, so creatures such as fish and plankton can be hard hit by large regional fluctuations in any of these parameters.

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