It’s almost a new lunar phase, with the Moon one night away from the First Quarter. This means that just under half of the Moon is illuminated tonight.
What is today’s Moon phase?
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Category: 7. Science
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Peers Into the Heart of the Circinus Galaxy
Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs), which reside at the center of many galaxies, play a central role in the evolution of these cosmic structures. This includes how they power Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), in which the core region emits…
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Theory-Breaking Extremely Fast-Growing Black Hole – eurasiareview.com
- Theory-Breaking Extremely Fast-Growing Black Hole eurasiareview.com
- Astronomers found a black hole growing way too fast ScienceDaily
- ‘A real revolution’: The James Webb telescope is upending our understanding of the biggest, oldest black holes in…
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‘Lost City’ Deep Beneath The Ocean Is Unlike Anything Seen Before on Earth : ScienceAlert
Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the gloom.
Their creamy carbonate walls and columns appear ghostly blue in the light of a remotely operated vehicle sent to…
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Mysterious fast radio bursts may have a surprising source
Fast radio bursts are some of the strangest signals we pick up from space. They last just a few thousandths of a second, but they can outshine whole galaxies in radio light while they’re happening.
For years, one big question kept hanging…
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11th-century English monk first identified the cycles of Halley’s Comet
According to a new study published in arXiv, an 11th-century English monk first documented multiple appearances of Halley’s Comet, more than 600 years before Edmond Halley codified its orbit.
Simon Portegies Zwart, an astronomer at Leiden…
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Did Humans Nearly Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago? A Biologist Explains
At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, according to research.
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According to genetic evidence published in a 2023 study from Science, our ancestors experienced…
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Scientists Identify Brain Waves That Define The Limits of ‘You’ : ScienceAlert
At what point do “you” end and the outside world begins?
It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your brain has to work surprisingly hard to judge that boundary. Now, scientists have linked a specific set of brain waves…
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NASA lays groundwork for space telescope designed to find habitable worlds
Image: NASA After three decades of discovering exoplanets, astronomers are turning to a harder question: which of those distant worlds might truly be capable of supporting life? NASA has taken an early step toward…
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