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Mathematicians Figure Out How To Best Complete 80,000-Bar Pub Crawlclose up aerial view of group of people clinking beer glasses togetherMathematicians Figure Out How To Best Complete 80,000-Bar Pub Crawlclose up aerial view of group of people clinking beer glasses together

Mathematicians Figure Out How To Best Complete 80,000-Bar Pub Crawl

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20-Year-Old "Forgotten" NASA Data May Solve Mystery Of Where The Universe's Gold Came FromMagnetar losing material to space (artist concept).

20-Year-Old "Forgotten" NASA Data May Solve Mystery Of Where The Universe's Gold Came From

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Protoplanetary Disks Captured By ExoALMA Astronomers In Extraordinary DetailexoALMA images of protoplanetary discs.

Protoplanetary Disks Captured By ExoALMA Astronomers In Extraordinary Detail

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JWST's Glorious New Deep Field Is Chock-A-Block Full Of Galaxies Stretching Billions Of YearsAn area of deep space with thousands of galaxies in various shapes and sizes on a black background. Most are circles or ovals, with a few spirals. More distant galaxies are redder in colour and smaller, down to being mere dots, while closer galaxies are a bit larger and white or blueish. A few gold-coloured galaxies are bunched closely together in the centre. Bright stars surrounded by spikes lie in our galaxy.]

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JWST's Glorious New Deep Field Is Chock-A-Block Full Of Galaxies Stretching Billions Of YearsAn area of deep space with thousands of galaxies in various shapes and sizes on a black background. Most are circles or ovals, with a few spirals. More distant galaxies are redder in colour and smaller, down to being mere dots, while closer galaxies are a bit larger and white or blueish. A few gold-coloured galaxies are bunched closely together in the centre. Bright stars surrounded by spikes lie in our galaxy.]
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JWST's Glorious New Deep Field Is Chock-A-Block Full Of Galaxies Stretching Billions Of Years

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Kosmos 482: Soviet Union's Failed Venus Probe Is About To Slam Into EarthVenera 4 Soviet Venus probe.

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Kosmos 482: Soviet Union's Failed Venus Probe Is About To Slam Into EarthVenera 4 Soviet Venus probe.
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Kosmos 482: Soviet Union's Failed Venus Probe Is About To Slam Into Earth

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Gaia Spotted A Dysfunctional Star Family Where Everyone Is Fleeing HomeA collection of more than 1000 stars has been identified surprisingly close to us, but the stars are separating fast.

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Gaia Spotted A Dysfunctional Star Family Where Everyone Is Fleeing HomeA collection of more than 1000 stars has been identified surprisingly close to us, but the stars are separating fast.
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Gaia Spotted A Dysfunctional Star Family Where Everyone Is Fleeing Home

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Astronomers Baffled To Find Andromeda's Satellite Galaxies Are Pointing In Our DirectionAndromeda galaxy.
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This Giant Icy Planet Is Like Nothing Ever Found Before

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87 Satellites Sent To Space In The Last 24 Hours – Space Is Becoming Ever More CrowdedA rocket firing up its engine just moving past the launch tower

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87 Satellites Sent To Space In The Last 24 Hours – Space Is Becoming Ever More CrowdedA rocket firing up its engine just moving past the launch tower
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87 Satellites Sent To Space In The Last 24 Hours – Space Is Becoming Ever More Crowded

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This 34-Ton Lump Of Space Rock Is The World's Largest Meteorite On Display In A MuseumAhgnighito meteorite

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This 34-Ton Lump Of Space Rock Is The World's Largest Meteorite On Display In A MuseumAhgnighito meteorite
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"Optimizing Mechanism": Physicist Claims Gravity Is Evidence We May Be In A SimulationAstronaut floating above Earth (rendering).

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False Vacuum Decay: The Outlandish Theory Of How All Reality Might End3d render of a glowing purble bubble
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False Vacuum Decay: The Outlandish Theory Of How All Reality Might End

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What Are Phantom Traffic Jams? The Emergent Phenomenon Making You Late For WorkA traffic jam at night.
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Which Planet Has The Best Views Of Other Planets?Here's a big hint on which planet is brightest from another: Venus as seen from Mariner 10, with almost all of it illuminated.
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Which Planet Has The Best Views Of Other Planets?

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Take A Glimpse Into The Universe Like Never BeforeMany galaxies in the universe
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How Many Times Could Earth Fit Inside The Sun?

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A $3.5 Billion Cryptocurrency Collapse Was Preceded By Suspicious Mathematical PatternsDouble exposure Technical candlestick price chart showing up and down trend, volatility, panic sell, red selling stock ticker trading data on computer screen background Financial business concept

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Simpson's Paradox: The Statistical Phenomenon That Can Turn Real Results Backwardtop-down view of business graphs and charts on table, with a magnifying glass, calculator, and pen laying on top

Simpson's Paradox: The Statistical Phenomenon That Can Turn Real Results Backward

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The First New Type Of Quantum Entanglement In 20 Years Has Been AnnouncedPhotons have had their total angular momentum quantum entangled, something only possible when confined in a very small space before their release.

The First New Type Of Quantum Entanglement In 20 Years Has Been Announced

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“All Theories Have Limitations!”: What Lies Beyond The Standard Model Of Particle Physics?blue and red floating lines of lights meet in the middle in a purple one, concept for particle collision.
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How Could Humanity (Or Aliens) Use A Black Hole To Harvest Energy?Black hole illustration.

How Could Humanity (Or Aliens) Use A Black Hole To Harvest Energy?

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We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Spacethe module is cylindrical in shape attached to other cylindrical module. At the end of it there are multiple cuboid attachments, the clock being one of them.

We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Space

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Planet Being Boiled Apart Like A Comet Sheds Mount Everest's Worth Of Material Every Orbitthe drawing shown a star up close with a planet being pulled apart.

Planet Being Boiled Apart Like A Comet Sheds Mount Everest's Worth Of Material Every Orbit

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Chemicals Essential For A Fundamental Life Cycle Could Form In Interstellar IceA nebula made up of cloudy gas and dust in the form of soft and wispy clouds and, in the centre, thin and highly detailed layers pressed close together. Large, bright stars surrounded by six long points of light are dotted over the image, as well as some small, point-like stars embedded in the clouds. The clouds are lit up in blue close to the stars; orange colours show clouds that glow in infrared light.

Chemicals Essential For A Fundamental Life Cycle Could Form In Interstellar Ice

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Peer Into The Changing Heart Of A Sunspot In One Of The Highest-Resolution Images Of The SunThe full image of the sunspot revealed many bright cells around long thin darker structure around the dark potato shaped regions of the actual spots. Overlayed an image of the contiguous united states, showing that the size of the spot and how the US would fit five times across the whole image.

Peer Into The Changing Heart Of A Sunspot In One Of The Highest-Resolution Images Of The Sun

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Widest High-Res Image Of The Sun Yet Snapped By ESA’s Solar OrbiterThe Sun looks like a warm yellow sphere with a surface covered with glowing messy hair. The yellow glow extends to the edges of the image, with some regions brighter than others. Many bright yellow arcs stick out from a wide band around the Sun’s equator. A darker region stands out across a roughly horizontal line near the Sun’s south pole. The bright arcs and some darker material can also be seen around the Sun’s edges.

Widest High-Res Image Of The Sun Yet Snapped By ESA’s Solar Orbiter

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