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'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary today

Space.com - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:00am
This special limited engagement of 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' beginning on May 3 includes an early look at the upcoming Disney+ series 'The Acolyte.'
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China's Chang'e 6 Mission Heads to the Moon

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:40am

China’s ambitious Chang’e 6 mission will attempt to return a sample from the lunar farside.

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Protocells on early Earth may have been formed by squeezing geysers

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:00am
Simulations of the crust of early Earth show that cycles of pressure caused by geysers or tidal forces could have generated cell-like structures and even very simple proteins
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Protocells on early Earth may have been formed by squeezing geysers

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:00am
Simulations of the crust of early Earth show that cycles of pressure caused by geysers or tidal forces could have generated cell-like structures and even very simple proteins
Categories: Astronomy

Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character

Space.com - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:00am
Citizen scientists have spotted a truly remarkable planet in a binary system's habitable zone. They gave a Harry Potter-inspired nickname.
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How Much Do Our Thoughts Shape Our Health?

Scientific American.com - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:00am

The way we think about time, aging and sickness may influence our health, behavior and general well-being in surprising ways

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China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)

Space.com - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 9:46am
China continued its run of moon missions today (May 3), launching its bold Chang'e 6 sample-return effort to the lunar far side.
Categories: Astronomy

Abortion Restrictions Are Spreading, even though Science Shows They’re Harmful

Scientific American.com - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 9:30am

“We should not make it harder for people to access abortion,” says a researcher who has studied the impacts on people who seek the procedure and are denied

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2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)

Space.com - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 9:26am
Newly emerged sunspot fires off X-class and an M-class solar flares in relatively quick succession. Watch the striking video and read about the possible effects here.
Categories: Astronomy

How to Move the World’s Largest Camera from a California Lab to an Andes Mountaintop

Scientific American.com - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 9:00am

A multimillion-dollar digital camera could revolutionize astronomy. But first it needs to climb a mountain halfway around the globe

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Why Are We Still Superstitious?

Scientific American.com - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 8:30am

Superstitions linger into the modern era, in part, because they may be holdovers from a time when they provided a measure of protection from predators and other mortal dangers

Categories: Astronomy

Flies undertake epic migrations that may be vital for pollination

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 8:00am
Migrating flies can carry pollen hundreds or thousands of kilometres, and this could help plants adapt to climate change
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Flies undertake epic migrations that may be vital for pollination

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 8:00am
Migrating flies can carry pollen hundreds or thousands of kilometres, and this could help plants adapt to climate change
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M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

APOD - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 8:00am

Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately known as a


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The star system GK Per is known to be associated


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Three bright objects satisfied seasoned stargazers of the western sky just after sunset earlier this month.


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All Sky Moon Shadow

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All Sky Moon Shadow


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Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP 43b

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Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP 43b


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