As the 2025 year draws to a close, the December night…
Category: 7. Science
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Coral reefs kept Earth’s carbon cycle stable for 250 million years
Most often celebrated for their dazzling biodiversity, coral reefs have more recently been found to have played a profound role in orchestrating the rhythm of Earth’s carbon…
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“The Clairvoyant”
That man had a beautiful, exotic name—Leo. And that’s what he looked like too, like a lion.
He had let his hair and beard grow long, and one harsh winter they’d both gone gray, God knows why.
Leo the…
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Exclusive: China’s Xihe satellite achieves first 3D ‘CT’ scan of Sun’s atmosphere with over 300 layered slices: chief scientist
Illustration: Xihe sun exploration satellite
“With the help of the Xihe satellite, we can obtain full-disk solar spectra at more than 300 wavelength points simultaneously every 46 seconds. Each wavelength corresponds to different layers of the…
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The Sky Today on Tuesday, December 2: Visit the Winter Albireo
The lovely double star 145 Canis Majoris near the tail of the Big Dog offers stunning contrasting colors through binoculars or a telescope.
Canis…
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Webb observes a dance of dwarf galaxies
For this new ESA/Webb Picture of the Month, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has spied a pair of dwarf galaxies engaged in a gravitational dance. These two galaxies are named NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, and they’re located about…
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Two high-quality genomes of Prototheca bovis strain SH08 and Prototheca ciferrii strain SH13
Leimann, B. C., Monteiro, P. C., Lazéra, M., Candanoza, E. R. & Wanke, B. Protothecosis. Medical mycology 42, 95–106, https://doi.org/10.1080/13695780310001653653 (2004).
Kwiecinski, J….
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Smallest ozone hole in five years a positive sign, says Copernicus
The 2025 Antarctic ozone hole was the smallest and shortest-lived for five years, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has said, fuelling hopes for the recovery of the ozone layer.
The Antarctic ozone hole, which is shaped…
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SpaceX launches 60th mission of the year from California
SpaceX has now launched 60 missions from California this year.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Tuesday (Dec. 2) from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Golden State’s central coast at 12:28 a.m. EST (0528 GMT; 9:28 p.m. local California time on Dec….
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Trio of ‘black mesas’ leftover from Paleozoic era spawn rare sand dunes in the Sahara — Earth from space
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Where is it? Guérou, Mauritania [16.930575400, -11.759622605]
What’s in the photo? Three black mesas surrounded by unusual sand dunes in the Sahara Desert
Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut onboard the International Space Station…
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