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  • ‘Invisible scaffolding of the universe’ revealed in ambitious new James Webb telescope images

    ‘Invisible scaffolding of the universe’ revealed in ambitious new James Webb telescope images

    Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have mapped the largest section of the universe’s dark matter yet, deepening our understanding of how this mysterious substance shapes the cosmic landscape.

    Dark matter is notoriously…

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  • Biological Clocks Are a Mystery — This Class Tracks Them Down

    Biological Clocks Are a Mystery — This Class Tracks Them Down

    We wake up in the morning and go to bed at night — most of us, at least. When we change our clocks in spring or autumn, or go on a long flight that changes our time zone, we’re left disoriented and exhausted.

    Called the circadian…

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  • NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch, Docking

    NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch, Docking

    NASA will stream live coverage of the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station.

    Liftoff is targeted for no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11,…

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  • Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out

    Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out

    NEW YORK (AP) — By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties.

    The ability to make something out of nothing may seem uniquely human — a…

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  • Scientists Reveal a Frozen Bizarro Earth Only 150 Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert

    Scientists Reveal a Frozen Bizarro Earth Only 150 Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert

    Astronomers have announced the discovery of what appears to be an “ice cold Earth,” a chilly but potentially habitable rocky world similar to our own located less than 150 light-years away.

    As described in a recent study, this excitingly…

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  • Abundant Hydrocarbons In A Buried Galactic Nucleus With Signs Of Carbonaceous Grain And Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Processing – astrobiology.com

    Abundant Hydrocarbons In A Buried Galactic Nucleus With Signs Of Carbonaceous Grain And Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Processing – astrobiology.com

    1. Abundant Hydrocarbons In A Buried Galactic Nucleus With Signs Of Carbonaceous Grain And Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Processing  astrobiology.com
    2. James Webb Space Telescope finds precursors to ‘building blocks of life’ in nearby galaxy  Space

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  • Researchers Dropped a Camera 3,300 Feet Down a Borehole

    Researchers Dropped a Camera 3,300 Feet Down a Borehole

    See that? No one has ever seen that before. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot


    The Inertia

    You’ve likely heard of the “Doomsday Glacier.“ It has a real name — Thwaites Glacier — but that’s…

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  • NASA space telescope sees interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS flare up while exiting the solar system

    NASA space telescope sees interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS flare up while exiting the solar system

    New infrared observations reveal the rare interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS dramatically brightening during its farewell tour of the solar system.

    NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and…

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