Oh, would it not be absurd if there was no objective state?
What if the unobserved always waits, insubstantial,
till our eyes give it shape?

— Peter Hammill

Astronomy

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APOD - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 8:00pm

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SpaceX launches 2 powerful internet satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video)

Space.com - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 5:24pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two of SES's O3b mPOWER communications satellites toward medium-Earth orbit today (July 22), then aced its landing on a ship at sea.
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Ozzy Osbourne, Who Suffered with a Form of Parkinson’s, Dies at 76

Scientific American.com - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 5:00pm

Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of Black Sabbath, has died at age 76. He said he had been previously diagnosed with a form of Parkinson’s disease linked to the gene PRKN

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Thumbs Up for the Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 4:29pm

Meteor-watchers will be busy this month and next. Not only are the Southern Delta Aquariids peaking soon, but they get a boost from additional minor showers.

The post Thumbs Up for the Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Categories: Astronomy

This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy's center: 'No one had any idea this cloud existed'

Space.com - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 3:06pm
Astronomers have discovered a 200-light-year-wide Giant Molecular Cloud dubbed the Midpoint cloud that seems to be feeding star-building material to the heart of the Milky Way.
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Cleaner air has increased the number of city heatwaves

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 2:00pm
Reducing air pollution is critical for improving public health, but it has brought big climate trade-offs
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Cleaner air has increased the number of city heatwaves

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 2:00pm
Reducing air pollution is critical for improving public health, but it has brought big climate trade-offs
Categories: Astronomy

Don't miss the crescent moon cozy up to Jupiter early on July 23

Space.com - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 2:00pm
The thin crescent moon and Jupiter will be visible to the naked eye for early risers on July 23.
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'They are coming here.' AI soldiers invade Earth in thrilling new 'Tron: Ares' trailer

Space.com - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 1:31pm
'A malfunctioning program who wants to live. Why is that?'
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DeepMind and OpenAI claim gold in International Mathematical Olympiad

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 1:05pm
Two AI models have achieved gold medal standard for the first time in a prestigious competition for young mathematicians – and their developers claim these AIs could soon crack tough scientific problems
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DeepMind and OpenAI claim gold in International Mathematical Olympiad

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 1:05pm
Two AI models have achieved gold medal standard for the first time in a prestigious competition for young mathematicians – and their developers claim these AIs could soon crack tough scientific problems
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Stunning twilight photo captures comet bidding farewell to Earth for 80,000 years

Space.com - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 1:00pm
Miguel Claro took one last look at Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas as it bid farewell to Earth for the next 80,000 years.
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How to safely photograph the sun: As detailed by an expert

Space.com - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 1:00pm
Solar expert Dr. Ryan French explains how to safely photograph the sun and all of its wondrous features!
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Tiny elusive gecko rediscovered on one of the Galapagos islands

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 12:00pm
Leaf-toed geckos were thought to be locally extinct on Rabida Island, but the diminutive reptiles have re-emerged after a campaign to eliminate invasive rats
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Tiny elusive gecko rediscovered on one of the Galapagos islands

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 12:00pm
Leaf-toed geckos were thought to be locally extinct on Rabida Island, but the diminutive reptiles have re-emerged after a campaign to eliminate invasive rats
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How regrowing your own teeth could replace dentures and implants

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 12:00pm
Losing a tooth as an adult is par for the course for many of us. The only option to replace them? Artificial substitutes. But an era of regrowing living teeth may now be almost upon us
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How regrowing your own teeth could replace dentures and implants

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 12:00pm
Losing a tooth as an adult is par for the course for many of us. The only option to replace them? Artificial substitutes. But an era of regrowing living teeth may now be almost upon us
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The pandemic may have aged our brains even before we caught covid-19

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 12:00pm
The covid-19 pandemic changed our lives, and the world, in many ways - and now we are starting to understand its wider neurological effects
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The pandemic may have aged our brains even before we caught covid-19

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 12:00pm
The covid-19 pandemic changed our lives, and the world, in many ways - and now we are starting to understand its wider neurological effects
Categories: Astronomy

Ancient animal's fossilised brain prompts rethink of spider evolution

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/22/2025 - 12:00pm
A 500-million-year-old sea creature called Mollisonia shared a similar brain structure to modern spiders, suggesting that arachnids first evolved in the sea
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