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  • Airborne DNA reveals shifting reproductive timing in bryophytes

    Airborne DNA reveals shifting reproductive timing in bryophytes

    Reconstructing time from decades of air samples shows bryophytes releasing spores earlier as the climate warms.

    In the Arctic, mosses and other bryophytes are providing early evidence of…

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  • How octopuses have sex without even seeing each other – Euronews.com

    1. How octopuses have sex without even seeing each other  Euronews.com
    2. The wild science of octopus sex  Scientific American
    3. Why do octopuses have a ‘mating arm’?  The Hindu
    4. Octopuses find mates using a method no one expected  Earth.com
    5. Male…

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  • Artemis II crew enters moon’s ‘sphere of influence’ ahead of historic flyby | Artemis II

    Artemis II crew enters moon’s ‘sphere of influence’ ahead of historic flyby | Artemis II

    The four astronauts on Nasa’s Artemis II mission have entered the moon’s “sphere of influence”, where its gravity has a stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth’s.

    The crew made the transition, four days, six hours and two minutes into…

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  • For Artemis II astronauts, pull of moon’s gravity is now stronger than Earth’s

    For Artemis II astronauts, pull of moon’s gravity is now stronger than Earth’s

    It’s official: The Artemis II astronauts have arrived in the moon’s cosmic neighborhood.

    The crew’s Orion capsule entered what’s known…

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  • Early Universe’s Hydrogen Finally Found by Astronomers

    Early Universe’s Hydrogen Finally Found by Astronomers

    Astronomers using data from the Hobby–Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) have discovered tens of thousands of gigantic hydrogen gas halos, called “Lyman-alpha nebulae,” surrounding galaxies 10 billion to 12 billion…

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  • Scientists find evidence of rare form of exploding star with missing black holes

    MELBOURNE — An Australian-led study has uncovered evidence of a rare form of exploding star, shedding light on one of the most cataclysmic events in the universe.

    The study, published in Nature, uses gravitational wave…

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  • Britain’s oldest human remains identified as young girl

    Britain’s oldest human remains identified as young girl


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    Her age could be narrowed to between 2.5 and 3.5 years, giving the burial a level of human specificity rarely possible at such depth in time.

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  • Artemis Mission Headed For First Lunar Flyby Since 1972 – Barron's

    1. Artemis Mission Headed For First Lunar Flyby Since 1972  Barron’s
    2. The 40 minutes when the Artemis crew loses contact with the Earth  BBC
    3. Thinking of You, Earth  NASA (.gov)
    4. Artemis II shares new images as it gets closer to the moon  CNN
    5. Artemis…

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  • Scientists find evidence of rare form of exploding star with missing black holes – World

    MELBOURNE — An Australian-led study has uncovered evidence of a rare form of exploding star, shedding light on one of the most cataclysmic events in the universe.

    The study, published in Nature, uses gravitational wave…

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