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“That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives… on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.”
Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan
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The pale blue dot 35 years later
On its 35th anniversary, a reflection on what the pale blue dot means to us.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives… on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.”
Carl Sagan
www.planetary.org/articles/the...
Carl Sagan
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A Lifeform Named Conan the Bacterium Defies Radiation. Its Secrets Could Save Humans.
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A Lifeform Named Conan the Bacterium Defies Radiation. Its Secrets Could Save Humans.
Scientists are obsessed with this organism’s natural resilience to the harshest conditions.
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July 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A Lifeform Named Conan the Bacterium Defies Radiation. Its Secrets Could Save Humans.
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The Wooden Library in Alnarp: The Wooden Library in Alnarp is a unique collection of "books", each part describing a certain species or variety of tree or shrub. The collection consists of 217 volumes and was made in Nürnberg in Germany ca. 1805-1810.
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The Wooden Library in Alnarp | slu.se
The Wooden Library in Alnarp is a unique collection of
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June 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Wooden Library in Alnarp: The Wooden Library in Alnarp is a unique collection of "books", each part describing a certain species or variety of tree or shrub. The collection consists of 217 volumes and was made in Nürnberg in Germany ca. 1805-1810.
www.slu.se/en/subweb/li...
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Exploring the Cosmic Cliffs in 3D.
These cliffs are a spectacular ridge of dust clouds, sparkling with a myriad of stars, along the edge of the nebula Gum 31. The sequence examines features like dust pillars, stellar jets, and misty streams of ionized gas.
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These cliffs are a spectacular ridge of dust clouds, sparkling with a myriad of stars, along the edge of the nebula Gum 31. The sequence examines features like dust pillars, stellar jets, and misty streams of ionized gas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnH...
Exploring the Cosmic Cliffs in 3D
YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute
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May 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Exploring the Cosmic Cliffs in 3D.
These cliffs are a spectacular ridge of dust clouds, sparkling with a myriad of stars, along the edge of the nebula Gum 31. The sequence examines features like dust pillars, stellar jets, and misty streams of ionized gas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnH...
These cliffs are a spectacular ridge of dust clouds, sparkling with a myriad of stars, along the edge of the nebula Gum 31. The sequence examines features like dust pillars, stellar jets, and misty streams of ionized gas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnH...
Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song.
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Vast clouds of ionized atoms thrown into space by a dying star. This is a planetary nebula named Kohoutek 4-55, a member of the Milky Way galaxy situated just 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan).
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Vast clouds of ionized atoms thrown into space by a dying star. This is a planetary nebula named Kohoutek 4-55, a member of the Milky Way galaxy situated just 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan).
April 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song.
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Vast clouds of ionized atoms thrown into space by a dying star. This is a planetary nebula named Kohoutek 4-55, a member of the Milky Way galaxy situated just 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan).
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Vast clouds of ionized atoms thrown into space by a dying star. This is a planetary nebula named Kohoutek 4-55, a member of the Milky Way galaxy situated just 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan).
ESA - Mandalay rupture.
From 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28.
This animation, which uses images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, reveals a distinct north-south rupture in the ground west of the Irrawaddy River, near the city of Mandalay.
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From 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28.
This animation, which uses images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, reveals a distinct north-south rupture in the ground west of the Irrawaddy River, near the city of Mandalay.
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Mandalay rupture
Mandalay rupture
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April 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
ESA - Mandalay rupture.
From 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28.
This animation, which uses images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, reveals a distinct north-south rupture in the ground west of the Irrawaddy River, near the city of Mandalay.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
From 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28.
This animation, which uses images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, reveals a distinct north-south rupture in the ground west of the Irrawaddy River, near the city of Mandalay.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
A cretaceous fly trap? remarkable abdominal modification in a fossil wasp.
Sirenobethylus charybdis probably was a parasitoid wasp; the abdominal grasping apparatus may have been used to temporarily immobilize the host during oviposition.
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Sirenobethylus charybdis probably was a parasitoid wasp; the abdominal grasping apparatus may have been used to temporarily immobilize the host during oviposition.
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A cretaceous fly trap? remarkable abdominal modification in a fossil wasp - BMC Biology
Background Carnivorous insects have evolved a range of prey and host capture mechanisms. However, insect predation strategies in the fossil record remain poorly understood. Results Here, we describe †...
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March 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A cretaceous fly trap? remarkable abdominal modification in a fossil wasp.
Sirenobethylus charybdis probably was a parasitoid wasp; the abdominal grasping apparatus may have been used to temporarily immobilize the host during oviposition.
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Sirenobethylus charybdis probably was a parasitoid wasp; the abdominal grasping apparatus may have been used to temporarily immobilize the host during oviposition.
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Meet Oklo, the Earth’s Two-billion-year-old only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor.
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Meet Oklo, the Earth’s Two-billion-year-old only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor
Physicist Francis Perrin sat at a nuclearfuel-processing plant down in the south of France, thinking to himself: “This cannot be possible.” It was 1972.
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March 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Meet Oklo, the Earth’s Two-billion-year-old only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of multiple gas giant planets within an iconic planetary system. HR 8799, a young system 130 light-years away, has long been a key target for planet formation studies.
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NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of multiple gas giant planets within an iconic planetary system. HR 8799, a young system 130
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March 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of multiple gas giant planets within an iconic planetary system. HR 8799, a young system 130 light-years away, has long been a key target for planet formation studies.
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Ariane 6 takes flight for the second time.
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Ariane 6 takes flight for the second time
Europe’s newest rocket, Ariane 6, took flight for the second time from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:24 local time on 6 March (16:24 GMT, 17:24 CET). This was the first commercia...
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March 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Ariane 6 takes flight for the second time.
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More than 99,000 people were watching live on the Friends of Big Bear Valley Youtube livestream as the chick worked through the hatching process. via @laist.com
Jackie and Shadow's third eaglet hatches into Big Bear's famous feathered family
More than 99,000 people were watching live on the Friends of Big Bear Valley Youtube livestream as the chick worked through the hatching process.
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March 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
More than 99,000 people were watching live on the Friends of Big Bear Valley Youtube livestream as the chick worked through the hatching process. via @laist.com
A planet may have been destroyed by a white dwarf at the center of a planetary nebula — the first time this has been seen.
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Chandra :: Photo Album :: Helix Nebula :: March 4, 2025
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March 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A planet may have been destroyed by a white dwarf at the center of a planetary nebula — the first time this has been seen.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
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18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
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We're not done yet | 18F
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March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
Look at Uranus from Chandra X-ray Observatory
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A Quick Look at: Uranus
YouTube video by Chandra X-ray Observatory
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February 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Look at Uranus from Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Preparing NASA’s CADRE Moon Rovers for Launch.
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Preparing NASA’s CADRE Moon Rovers for Launch
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February 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Preparing NASA’s CADRE Moon Rovers for Launch.
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
NASA Telescopes Deliver Stellar Bouquet in Time for Valentine's Day.
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Quick Look: NASA Telescopes Deliver Stellar Bouquet in Time for Valentine's Day
YouTube video by Chandra X-ray Observatory
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February 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
NASA Telescopes Deliver Stellar Bouquet in Time for Valentine's Day.
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Size comparison (Diameter) of celestial objects in the Solar System.
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Size comparison (Diameter) of celestial objects in the Solar System
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February 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Size comparison (Diameter) of celestial objects in the Solar System.
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On Feb. 10, 1940 — 85 years ago Monday — the first Tom & Jerry cartoon short and the first cartoon directed by the soon-to-be- famous team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera was released in theaters.
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Tom and Jerry: A duo's first of many hits, and one that would withstand the test of time | The Spokesman-ReviewArrow-rightCameraThe Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Tom and Jerry wasn't always the staple people think of it as now. When William Hanna and Joseph Barbera pitched it to their bosses at MGM, they thought it was a terrible idea - but relented and let th...
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February 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
On Feb. 10, 1940 — 85 years ago Monday — the first Tom & Jerry cartoon short and the first cartoon directed by the soon-to-be- famous team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera was released in theaters.
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Mercury passing between Earth and the sun, a astronomical event known as a planetary transit.
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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Mercury In Our Sights
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February 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Mercury passing between Earth and the sun, a astronomical event known as a planetary transit.
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