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What it is: Star PicII-503 inside the Pictor II dwarf galaxy
Where it is: 150,000 light-years from Earth in the Pictor constellation
When it was shared: March 16, 2026
This gorgeous snap, taken by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) mounted…
Category: 7. Science
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‘This is really intolerable’: Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project and SpaceX’s million AI satellites
Astronomers are up in arms, protesting against a proposed constellation of tens of thousands of orbiting mirrors intended to reflect light onto ground-based solar power plants and SpaceX’s envisioned one million orbiting data centers.
The…
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Scientists discover hidden freshwater beneath the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is the largest inland saltwater body in the Western Hemisphere. However, beneath its shimmering, salty surface, scientists have discovered something surprising. There is a large layer of freshwater that reaches depths…
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Webb Telescope spots “impossible” atmosphere on ancient super Earth
A team of astronomers led by Carnegie has uncovered the clearest evidence yet that a rocky planet outside our Solar System has an atmosphere. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the researchers identified signs of gas surrounding an…
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NASA’s Hubble accidentally caught a comet breaking apart in real time
In a remarkable stroke of luck, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed a comet in the middle of breaking apart. The odds of witnessing such an event at exactly the right moment are extremely low. The findings were published in the journal Icarus.
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From ‘Apollo 8′ to ‘Artemis 2′: Six decades after the first flight to the Moon, the space race is no longer the same – EL PAÍS English
- From ‘Apollo 8′ to ‘Artemis 2′: Six decades after the first flight to the Moon, the space race is no longer the same EL PAÍS English
- Nasa’s Artemis Moon rocket rolls back to pad for possible April launch BBC
- NASA’s Artemis II Rocket…
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Ancient DNA reveals a farming shift that pushed a society to the brink
A new interdisciplinary study published in Nature traces more than 2,000 years of population history in Argentina’s Uspallata Valley (UV), a key southern edge of ancient Andean farming. The research offers new insight into how agriculture…
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Global scientists reveal how farming affects soil via new Earth-sensing technology
(Xinhua) 11:04, March 22, 2026BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) — A global research team has used a new technique to capture minute-scale structural changes in farmland soil, revealing how farming practices influence soil water…
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A massive freshwater reservoir is hiding under the Great Salt Lake
A newly identified underground freshwater system beneath the Great Salt Lake is becoming clearer thanks to a study that used airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveys to map geologic formations below Farmington Bay and Antelope Island along the…
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