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  • New simulations reveal the hidden forces shaping ‘snowman’ worlds beyond Neptune

    New simulations reveal the hidden forces shaping ‘snowman’ worlds beyond Neptune

    On a frigid orbit beyond Neptune, some of the solar system’s smallest worlds project a strange silhouette. Two rounded lobes, pressed together with a narrow “neck,” like a snowman that never melted.

    Those shapes are common enough to demand…

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  • Scientists reveal how the body senses cold and menthol

    Scientists reveal how the body senses cold and menthol

    When you step outside on a winter morning or pop a mint into your mouth, a tiny molecular sensor in your body springs into action, alerting your brain to the sensation of cold. Scientists have now captured the first detailed images…

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  • NASA’s crewed Artemis II launch gets pushed back again, this time due to a helium issue

    NASA’s crewed Artemis II launch gets pushed back again, this time due to a helium issue

    It looks like a March launch is no longer in the cards for Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed trip to the moon’s vicinity since the final Apollo mission over 50 years ago. While preparations were underway at the Kennedy Space Center for a launch as…

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  • Ancient Dusty Galaxies Discovered at the Edge of the Universe Rewrite Cosmic History – SciTechDaily

    1. Ancient Dusty Galaxies Discovered at the Edge of the Universe Rewrite Cosmic History  SciTechDaily
    2. These 70 dusty galaxies at the edge of our universe could rewrite our understanding of the cosmos  Space
    3. Searching Out Missing Links in Galaxy…

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  • The Moon Is Still Shrinking and Scientists Just Found New Moonquake Zones – SciTechDaily

    1. The Moon Is Still Shrinking and Scientists Just Found New Moonquake Zones  SciTechDaily
    2. Moonquakes: Understanding the Moon’s Tectonic Forces Could Protect Future Astronauts  CNET
    3. Humans Are Going Back to the Moon, but We Need to Know More About…

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  • Organic molecules surprisingly found in a 500-million-year-old fossil

    Organic molecules surprisingly found in a 500-million-year-old fossil

    Scientists have found traces of a tough material that once formed the outer shells of ancient sea creatures called trilobites, preserved inside fossils that are more than 500 million years old.

    The discovery shows that parts of living organisms…

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