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⋅ October 26, 2024
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NPR

Centuries-old remains found in a well may be man from Norse saga
NPR
“He ordered one of his closest associates to write his story to have a record of everything that happened in his life, “so the Sverris Saga has a strong bias to King Sverre,” says Anna Petersen, an archaeologist with the Norwegian Institute for Cultural …
Space.com

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida
Space.com
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday evening (Oct. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:47 p.m. EDT (2147 GMT) …
The New York Times

The Early Bird Got the Cicada, Then an Evolutionary Air War Started
The New York Times
Fossils reveal that prehistoric cicadas’ wings evolved to help them evade hungry predators with feathers and beaks, scientists say. Share full article.
The Daily Galaxy –Great Discoveries Channel

Scientists discover molecules that store much of the carbon in space
EurekAlert
A team led by researchers at MIT has discovered that a distant interstellar cloud contains an abundance of pyrene, a type of large, carbon-containing molecule known as a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH).
NASASpaceflight.com

SLS preparations underway for Artemis II and future missions
NASASpaceflight.com
Artemis II’s core stage, solid rocket booster (SRB) segments, and launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) are at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and being stored prior to stacking. The core stage …
NASASpaceflight.com

SpaceX success with Flight 5, Flight 6 already tested
NASASpaceflight.com
So far, out of the five flight tests, only two flights, Flight 1 and Flight 4, have had engine outs on ascent. · After hot staging, Booster 12 performed its 13-engine boost backburn.
The Independent

Four large ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids headed towards Earth – but it should be fine
The Independent
The asteroids range from 100ft to 580ft across, and two of these space rocks were only discovered earlier this month, according to Nasa’s asteroid watch dashboard.
Space.com

See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS eject a tail of gas and dust as it flies past the sun (photos)
Space.com
A dazzling comet left behind a dramatic dust tail as it swept around the sun, new photos reveal. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was visible to the naked eye earlier in October as the comet, which is sort of an icy space snowball, flew past the sun and …
Earth.com

How mammals got their stride
Science Daily
Date: October 25, 2024; Source: Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Summary: Researchers reveal new insights into the complex evolutionary history behind the distinctive upright posture of modern placental and …
Earth.com

Seabed disruptions may be destroying our climate
Earth.com
The results? It was found that these disruptions trigger the release of some of the stashed carbon and nitrogen into the ocean, multiplying the sources of harmful greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, and escalating oxygen consumption at the seabed.