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Astronomy has a major data problem – simulating realistic images of the sky can help... Astronomers use algorithms to analyze the numerous images coming from space, but how accurate are they?

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Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul... Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new proposal to take over NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission for less than half the current cost while achieving key science goals.

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The ocean on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has the right pH for life — barely "We know that some microbes on Earth can tolerate the range of pH found on Enceladus."

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Radar 'leakage' from airports could lead intelligent aliens to Earth Radar signals from "leaky" civilian and military aviation systems could act as a beacon to alien life, revealing intelligent life on Earth while helping us pinpoint them.

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What time is the full moon on July 10? Find out what time the full moon rises on July 10, 2025, how to see the Buck Moon from your location, and why it looks bigger near the horizon.

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a bright variable star, V 372 Orionis, and its companion in this festive image in this image released on Jan. 27, 2023. The pair lie in the Orion Nebula, ...

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Antarctic waters getting saltier as sea ice wanes Using data from ESA’s SMOS satellite, scientists have revealed a surprising shift in the Southern Ocean – surface waters around Antarctica are growing saltier, even as sea ice is diminishing rapidly. This finding defies the norm because melting ice typically ...

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Binoculars to boost your night-sky viewing Omegon 2 x 54 wide-field binoculars
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Lyra’s stunning smoke ring – M57 The extraordinary Ring Nebula (Messier 57), showing off its multilayered form. Image: Bob Fera.
Messier 57, more famously known as the Ring Nebula, graces the constellation Lyra as one of the finest planetary nebulae in the night sky. A true summer ...

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Is the Hubble Tension Resolved? The “Hubble tension” refers to a long-standing discrepancy in measurements of the universe’s expansion rate — specifically, between values calculated from nearby observations (like Cepheid variable stars and Type Ia supernovae) and those inferred from the early universe via the ...

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ISS Daily Summary Report Discontinued Beginning Monday, July 29th, the IMC Daily Summary will be discontinued.
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