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James Webb Space Telescope sees an ancient black hole dance with colliding galaxies
(NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)/ Decarli et. at / INAF / A&A 2024)
James Webb Space Telescope sees an ancient black hole dance with colliding galaxies
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed the dramatic dance between a supermassive black hole-powered quasar and merging galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang.
Health

HIV prevention drug found 100% effective in clinical trial
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HIV prevention drug found 100% effective in clinical trial
The drug, lenacapavir, provided better protection than other preventive medications.
Animals

Entire pod of 89 pilot whales dies on Scottish beach in freak mass stranding
(Emma Neave Webb/BDMLR)
Entire pod of 89 pilot whales dies on Scottish beach in freak mass stranding
Dozens of long-finned pilot whales have beached and died on Sanday in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, in the biggest mass stranding the country has seen since 1995.
 
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Remains of hundreds of 7,000-year-old 'standing stone circles' discovered in Saudi Arabia
(Thalia Nitz, courtesy RCU/University of Western Australia/University of Sydney)
Remains of hundreds of 7,000-year-old 'standing stone circles' discovered in Saudi Arabia
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have now excavated eight ancient stone circles that likely served as homes to people more than 7,000 years ago.
History & Archaeology

Mysterious Maya underground structure unearthed in Mexico
(Visualization of the Žiga Koka LiDAR data)
Mysterious Maya underground structure unearthed in Mexico
Archaeologists in Campeche, Mexico, have found an underground structure beneath a Maya ball court, as well as offerings on top of a Maya pyramid at another site.
Planet Earth

Norway's Dragon's Eye: The fantastical 'pothole' that emerged from ice 16,000 years ago
(VOJTa Herout via Shutterstock)
Norway's Dragon's Eye: The fantastical 'pothole' that emerged from ice 16,000 years ago
Norway's photogenic "Dragon's Eye" likely formed around 20,000 years ago, when all of Scandinavia sat beneath an enormous mass of ice called the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet.
 
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Is the JWST really 'breaking' cosmology?
Is the JWST really 'breaking' cosmology?
(NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI)

The truth is much more nuanced — and much more interesting.
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Evidence of water found on 'metal god of war' exoplanet
Evidence of water found on 'metal god of war' exoplanet
(Robert Lea)

Named for the Gaelic god of war, Smertrios has a composition and density that are a challenge to planet formation models.
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Space Deal of the Day

Save $80 on this Celestron Inspire 100AZ telescope
Save $80 on this Celestron Inspire 100AZ telescope
(Amazon)

This Celestron Inspire 100AZ telescope is, perfect for getting close up with the moon and planets and it's 22% off with this early Prime Day telescope deal.
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Skywatching

See the Perseids, Full Thunder Moon and more this week
See the Perseids, Full Thunder Moon and more this week
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Discover your night sky this week, July 15-21, 2024, using just your naked eyes.
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