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Earth's gravity knocked pyramid-size asteroid off course during recent ultra-close flyby, NASA images reveal
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Earth's gravity knocked pyramid-size asteroid off course during recent ultra-close flyby, NASA images reveal
New photos of the asteroid 2024 MK, which zoomed past Earth in late June, reveal that the massive space rock's orbit has been significantly altered by its close approach to our planet.
History & Archaeology

Roman emperor Caligula's 2,000-year-old garden unearthed near the Vatican
(Italian Ministry of Culture)
Roman emperor Caligula's 2,000-year-old garden unearthed near the Vatican
The gardens overlooking the Tiber river in Italy once belonged to an infamous Roman emperor.

4,500-year-old tomb in France reveals secrets of how 'European genome' came to be
4,500-year-old tomb in France reveals secrets of how 'European genome' came to be
(INRAP, Eva-Maria Geigl, Oğuzhan Parasayan, and Thierry Grange)
Researchers used DNA analysis to learn more about ancient human interbreeding.
Full Story: Live Science(7/10)
Planet Earth

Scientists say they can now forecast a strong El Niño years in advance
(Science Photo Library - NASA via Getty Images)
Scientists say they can now forecast a strong El Niño years in advance
Scientists used thousands of years of past climate data to show that El Niño Southern Oscillations can be predicted more than two years in advance.
 
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The James Webb Space Telescope finds a jeweled ring
(ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Nierenberg)
A sparkling jeweled ring, created through a cosmic phenomenon called gravitational lensing, has been imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. The new image captures a distant quasar known as RX J1131-1231, which lies about 6 billion light-years from Earth. The powerful gravitational field of a nearby elliptical galaxy, located in the foreground of the image, warps the light of the quasar - which is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN) - creating a bright arc and duplicate views of the object, ultimately procuring a visual that looks like gemstones on a ring.
Full Story: Space(7/9)
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Skywatching

Saharan dust outbreak lingers across some US states
Saharan dust outbreak lingers across some US states
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From the late spring to early fall, the Saharan Air layer, a large plume of super dry and very dusty air that originates over the Saharan Desert in Africa makes a trek more than 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) across the Atlantic toward the United States.
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Spaceflight

Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launches on debut mission
Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launches on debut mission
(JODY AMIET/AFP via Getty Images)
At long last, the Ariane 6 has left the ground. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket has finally taken flight, carrying the hopes of a continent on its broad back. The Ariane 6 launched for the first time ever today (July 9), lifting off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 3:01 p.m. EDT (1901 GMT). There was a lot riding on this debut: It came a year after the retirement of Ariane 6's predecessor, the workhorse Ariane 5, left Europe unable to launch big satellites on homegrown rockets.
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Science & Astronomy

Uranus 'traffic jams' may solve radiation belt mystery
Uranus 'traffic jams' may solve radiation belt mystery
(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
Scientists may have solved a lingering mystery surrounding the ice giant Uranus and its weak radiation belts. It's possible the belts' weakness is linked to the planet's curiously tilted and lopsided magnetic field; the field could be causing "traffic jams" for particles whipping around the world.
Full Story: Space(7/9)
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