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⋅ August 1, 2024
NEWS
CNN

Mercury could have an 11-mile underground layer of diamonds, researchers say
CNN
This composite view of Mercury, captured during MESSENGER’s primary mission, includes colors that enhance the chemical, mineralogical and physical differences between the rocks that make up the planet’s surface. NASA/Johns Hopkins …
Space.com

Could galaxy cluster collisions be used as dark matter detectors?
Space.com
Does dark matter interact with itself? The answer may lie in vast clusters of colliding galaxies.
ABC News

Nova explosion 3000 light-years away will be seen from Earth with the naked eye
ABC News
The last recorded T Coronae Borealis explosion occurred in 1946. Stargazers should have their eyes fixed on the skies, as astronomers …
The New York Times

How Did Roses Get Their Thorns?
The New York Times
Grasses grow tiny prickles on their flowering tufts. Solanum atropurpureum, a wild relative of potatoes that grows in Brazil, has prickles so nasty that they’ve earned it two fearsome nicknames: “Purple devil” and “Malevolence.”.
Yahoo News

A new ‘guest star’ will appear in the sky in 2024 − a space scientist explains how nova events work and where to look
Yahoo News
I love photographing the night sky and astronomical events, including eclipses, meteor showers and once-in-a-lifetime astronomical events such as the T CrB nova. T CrB will become, at best, the 50th brightest star in the night sky – brighter than only half …
Phys.Org

After debris concerns, SpaceX to shift Dragon capsule landings from Florida to California
Phys.Org
The move was announced Friday during NASA’s press conference previewing the upcoming Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station, and it won’t take effect until 2025 after Crew-9 has returned. ” …
Reuters

Primordial spiny slug from China was forerunner of world’s mollusks
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Earth’s roughly 76,000 species of mollusks come in an impressive variety of forms including clams, oysters, scallops, mussels, snails, slugs and even some possessing exceptional intelligence such as octopuses, …
Florida Today

Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, NASA rocket launch schedule from Florida
Florida Today
But after hosting 53 orbital rocket launches during the first seven months of 2024, the home of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station should still shatter the annual record of 72 launches.
Scientific American

Expect Auroras, Solar Flares and More Space Weather from the Solar Maximum
Scientific American
During this high point we should see more sunspots (dark areas where the sun’s magnetic field reaches the surface) and solar storms (ejections of energy from the sun that reach into space and can affect Earth).
Smithsonian

The Largest T. Rex Could Have Been 70 Percent Heavier Than Fossils Suggest
Smithsonian
Two scientists used modeling to predict how big the giant carnivores could have really grown, making a point that fossils likely don’t represent the largest or smallest individuals of a species. Margherita Bassi. Correspondent. July 31, 2024 4:16 p.m. …