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'The difference between alarming and catastrophic': Cascadia megafault has 1 especially deadly section, new map reveals
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'The difference between alarming and catastrophic': Cascadia megafault has 1 especially deadly section, new map reveals
The Cascadia subduction zone is more complex than researchers previously knew. The new finding could help scientists better understand the risk from future earthquakes.

Space

James Webb telescope finds carbon at the dawn of the universe, challenging our understanding of when life could have emerged
(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), Ben Johnson (CfA), Sandro Tacchella (Cambridge), Phill Cargile (CfA))
James Webb telescope finds carbon at the dawn of the universe, challenging our understanding of when life could have emerged
The James Webb Space Telescope has found carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang. That could mean life began much earlier too, a new study argues.

Earth's upper atmosphere could hold a missing piece of the universe, new study hints
Earth's upper atmosphere could hold a missing piece of the universe, new study hints
(NASA Goddard)
Mysterious dark matter could slosh over our planet like a wave. If it does, it may produce telltale radio waves in Earth's atmosphere, new theoretical research suggests.
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Animals

Bornean clouded leopard family filmed in wild for 1st time ever
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Bornean clouded leopard family filmed in wild for 1st time ever
Camera traps in Indonesian Borneo recorded a clouded leopard mother with her two cubs in the first footage of its kind.
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Water frost on Mars discovered near equator
Water frost on Mars discovered near equator
(ESA/DLR/FU Berlin)
Water frost has been spotted at the equator of Mars for the first time. "We thought it was impossible for frost to form around Mars' equator," one scientist says. "Its existence here is exciting, and hints that there are exceptional processes at play that are allowing frost to form."
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This Week In Space podcast: Starliners & Starships
This Week In Space podcast: Starliners & Starships
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Well, we waited, we waffled, and we joked... but Boeing's Starliner finally made good! Seven or so years after their projected crewed flight date, the second provider of crew delivery to the International Space Station finally succeeded in sending two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, to the ISS. Then, just a day later, SpaceX launched a Starship on a fourth test flight with spectacular results--and may be ready for another test launch within a few weeks.
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Science & Astronomy

When was the Milky Way's last big galactic cannibalism act?
When was the Milky Way's last big galactic cannibalism act?
(ESA/Gaia/DPAC, T Donlon et al. 2024; Background Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds: Stefan Payne-Wardenaar)
New findings from the Gaia space telescope indicate the Milky Way may have cannibalized a small galaxy not too long ago, cosmically speaking. In fact, the last major collision between our galaxy and another seems to have occurred billions of years later than previously suspected.
Full Story: Space(6/10)
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History & Archaeology

Evidence of more than 200 survivors of Mount Vesuvius eruption discovered in ancient Roman records
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Evidence of more than 200 survivors of Mount Vesuvius eruption discovered in ancient Roman records
After Mount Vesuvius erupted, survivors from the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum fled, starting new lives elsewhere.
Planet Earth

Earth from space: Mysterious, slow-spinning cloud 'cyclone' hugs the Iberian coast
(NASA Earth Observatory/MODIS)
Earth from space: Mysterious, slow-spinning cloud 'cyclone' hugs the Iberian coast
This 2017 satellite photo shows an unusual cloud "cyclone" nestled up against the coastline of Spain and Portugal. Researchers are unsure what caused the strange structure's spin, but ocean eddies and an extreme heat wave likely played key roles.

Space

7 potential 'alien megastructures' spotted in our galaxy are not what they seem
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7 potential 'alien megastructures' spotted in our galaxy are not what they seem
Scientists recently identified seven stars in the Milky Way that could potentially be gigantic alien structures called Dyson spheres. New research proposes an alternative explanation: Those are just cosmic "hot DOGs" in disguise.


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An adult female elephant leads two calves across the savannah.
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) call to their compatriots by mimicking the addressee’s call. Elephants are the first, other than humans, to be observed using arbitrary ‘names’ that are not imitative. (George Wittemyer)

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Skywatching

The Blazer Star could ignite in the sky any night now
The Blazer Star could ignite in the sky any night now
(NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)

A dim star in the night sky 3,000 light-years from our solar system could soon become visible to the naked eye for the first time since 1946 - and you can easily find it in the night sky.
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Entertainment

Exclusive sneak peek at 'Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3'
Exclusive sneak peek at 'Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3'
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Adding to the recent Dune resurgence are the gorgeous hardback "Dune: The Graphic Novel" releases from Abrams ComicArts, accented with the fine work of artists Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín. These deluxe presentations were released as "Book 1" in 2020 and "Book 2: Muad'Dib" in 2022. Now the third and final chapter of this lavishly illustrated translation, "Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet" is ready to flow this summer like the consciousness-enhancing

Science & Astronomy

'Super rhino' black holes lived seconds after Big Bang
'Super rhino' black holes lived seconds after Big Bang
(Kaća Bradonjić)

Tiny primordial black holes created during the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang may have had company, in the form of even smaller "supercharged" black holes with the mass of a rhino that rapidly evaporated. A team of researchers has theorized that these tiny "rhino" black holes, which would represent an entirely new state of matter, would have been packed to the brim with "color charge." This is a property of fundamental particles called quarks and gluons that's related to their strong force interactions with each other, and it is not related to "color" in the everyday sense.
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