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Scientists discover ‘sunken worlds’ hidden deep within Earth’s mantle that shouldn’t be there

January 19th, 2025 by me

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet’s mantle. These anomalies are surprisingly similar to sunken chunks of Earth’s crust but appear in seemingly impossible places.

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How ‘quantum foam’ may have inflated the early universe

January 19th, 2025 by me

For decades, scientists assumed that the expansion of the universe was powered by a new entity, known as the inflaton, but new research suggests that it may have been possible without it.

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World’s largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)

January 19th, 2025 by me

The mighty telescope is expected to see its “first light” by 2028.

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20 years after crashing in the Utah desert, NASA’s Genesis mission is still teaching us about solar wind

January 19th, 2025 by me

Despite crashing in the Utah desert in 2004, NASA’s Genesis mission is still helping scientists study the effects of solar wind.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 144 —The great lunar armada

January 18th, 2025 by me

On Episode 144 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik take a look a pair of private moon missions by Firefly Aerospace and ispace that lifted off this week and so much more.

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Nikon 5×15 HG monocular review

January 18th, 2025 by me

The Nikon 5×15 HG monocular is tiny, but it promises the same high-quality build and lens of Nikon’s other optical devices.

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Satellites watch ‘ghost island’ solidify in the Caspian Sea before disappearing (photos)

January 18th, 2025 by me

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery.

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World’s largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project

January 18th, 2025 by me

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world’s most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to a new renewable energy project.

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