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Best Nikon lenses in 2025 — wide-angle, telephoto, prime and zoom lenses

Submit on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 00:11

We’ve rounded up the best Nikon lenses from ultra-wide to telephoto, just what you need to take your photography to the next level.

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How scientists are using exoplanets to map out ‘polka dots’ on stars

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Scientists have developed a new technique that could help them understand “polka dot” stars using the transits of exoplanets.

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How old is Jupiter? Meteorite ‘raindrops’ help scientists pin down gas giant’s age

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Scientists have solved how molten “raindrops” in meteorites, called chondrules, were formed — and the discovery reveals key details about Jupiter’s origin.

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SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites into orbit, completes 400th Falcon 9 droneship landing at sea (video)

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Aug. 27 and made the company’s 400th Falcon 9 landing on a droneship at sea.

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Nobel prize winner and gravitational wave pioneer Rainer Weiss dies at 92

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MIT professor, Nobel prize winner, and renowned astrophysicist Rainer Weiss has passed away at the age of 92.

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Harassment at Antarctic research bases could spell problems for moon, Mars outposts

Submit on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 21:11

The National Science Foundation is already implementing some recommendations after a recent survey found issues with sexual assault and harassment on Antarctic missions.

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Moon photobombs the sun in wild NOAA satellite image | Space photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2025

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) saw the moon pass almost directly in front of the sun and captured it on a coronagraph.

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Warped spacetime with surprise ‘double-zoom’ reveals radiation around distant supermassive black hole

Submit on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 20:11

A happy coincidence and a theory first put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago helped scientists detect faint radiation around a distant supermassive black hole.

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