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CloudSat satellite completes 17-year weather research mission 2024-04-24
SpaceDaily

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2024 The CloudSat satellite, developed...

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Hubble celebrates 34th anniversary with a look at the little dumbbell nebula 2024-04-23
Phys Dot Org

In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA's legendary Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The...

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Bacteria On The ISS Have Mutated Into Something Not Seen On Earth Before 2024-04-23
IFL Science

Movies and TV shows give the impression of space stations as aseptic and squeaky-clean environments. But wherever there are humans, there are all the bacteria that we bring with us. Bacteria have found niches in the International Space Station (ISS) and since they can evolve pretty quickly, a...

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Forget Little Green Men – Alien Life Is Probably Mostly Purple 2024-04-23
IFL Science

The best chance to find life on another planet is not to seek out a pale blue dot, nor worlds of forest green, a new paper argues. Instead, we need to be looking out for purple planets, the argument goes, because that is the shade life is likely to show for the longest time. If asked to think of a...

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Nasa to overhaul mission returning samples from Mars – here’s why it must and will ... 2024-04-23
Hindustan Times

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This Is What "Proves" The Earth Is Flat, According To Conspiracy Theorists 2024-04-23
IFL Science

The flat-Earthers often clog my notification feed on Twitter, occasionally endorsed by a minor celebrity hoping for some headlines and accusing us of not taking their evidence that the Earth is flat seriously enough. After all, how could you doubt someone that thinks they can check the...

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Nasa to overhaul mission returning samples from Mars – here’s why it must and will go ahead 2024-04-22
The Conversation

Perseverance rover taking a selfie on Mars. Nasa Nasa recently announced that it is seeking new ways to complete the return to Earth of rock cores drilled by the Perseverance Rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars. This has led to some anxiety among space scientists, who view the Mars Sample Return...

photo: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

This could be a reason for your late-night chocolate cravings 2024-04-22
International Business Times

If you have spent nights eating chocolates or ice cream, then 'loneliness' can be the reason behind the binging on sugary items, say researchers. According to the study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, loneliness can cause an extreme desire for sugary foods. To conduct the study, the...

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Spread Of Bird Flu To Humans Is “Enormous Concern”, WHO Warns 2024-04-19
IFL Science

The World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced concerns about the spread of H5N1 bird flu, which is increasingly infecting non-avian species and thus upping the risk of transmission to humans, for whom the mortality rate is “extraordinarily high”. "This remains, I think, an enormous concern," the...

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Milky Way’s Newly Record-Breaking Stellar Black Hole Has The Mass Of 33 Suns 2024-04-18
IFL Science

A newly discovered black hole has a mass 33 times that of the Sun. This comfortably exceeds the previous record for a stellar black hole in our galaxy, which was around 20 solar masses, and has helped confirm theories about how an object of this mass could form. The largest stars end their lives as...

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