Photo of the day !!

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love
all cloud formations

do beautiful,how the wind changes things

That one is from Wednesday of this week, 17/4/2024.
Three days later, and we're STILL waiting for Spring to kick in properly! (I know we'll be moaning about the heat come July/August, but at the moment a sunny day and some warmth would be kind of nice!)

 

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ssjjj life
looks like me,after adrink huh

 

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Top Science News (essential hope / 500px via Getty Images) April's full 'Pink Moon' blooms amid a meteor shower tomorrow. Here's how to get the best view. April's full moon, nicknamed the Pink Moon, rises on Tuesday (April 23), but will appear bright and full on Monday and Wednesday as well. Here's how to see it at its best. Read More​

History & Archaeology (Asylum Hill Project, UMMC; Kyle Winters) Rare 'porcelain gallbladder' found in 100-year-old unmarked grave at Mississippi mental asylum cemetery Archaeologists have discovered the burial of a woman with a rare "porcelain gallbladder" who was interred at the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum's cemetery 100 years ago. Read More​

Planet Earth (Shutterstock) Scientists may have pinpointed the true origin of the Hope Diamond and other pristine gemstones Researchers suggest that the famed Golconda diamonds, including the Hope Diamond and Koh-i-noor, may have originated from a volcanic outcrop nearly 200 miles from where they were mined. Read More​ 'Uncharted territory': El Niño to flip to La Niña in what could be the hottest year on record (NASA Goddard) A quick flip from El Niño to La Niña is coming soon, but what does that mean for the U.S.? Full

 

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The Launchpad Juno captures amazing views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS) "Io is simply littered with volcanoes, and we caught a few of them in action." Full Story: Space(4/19) Happy Earth Day 2024! NASA picks new Earth studies (NASA) The campaigns will focus on topics ranging from urban air pollution to changing weather patterns. Full Story: Space(4/22)

Total Solar Eclipse 2024 12 of the best total solar eclipse 2024 reader photos (Rajat Kumar Pal) Our readers quickly sent in their awesome eclipse photos, many of which we included in our post-eclipse photo roundup story. But since then, they just keep on coming! Full Story: Space(4/22)

Spaceflight Why is it so hard to send humans back to the moon? (Lockheed Martin) The Apollo program put humans on the moon in 1969. So why haven't we sent any more since? Full Story: Space(4/21) Ingenuity's travels: Track Mars helicopter's 72 flights (NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA's history-making Ingenuity helicopter covered a lot of ground on Mars over the past three years, as a new video shows. Full Story: Space(4/19)

Science & Astronomy How could life survive on tidally locked planets? (Getty Images) Astronomers are especially interested in the habitability of these kinds of planets, which always face their star with the same side, because they are incredibly common in the universe. Full Story: Space(4/22)

Technology Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025 (Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)) Japan's upcoming space-based solar power demonstration will beam power to Earth next year. Full Story: Space(4/19)

Search for Life 'Astrobiodefense:' Defending Earth from space bugs (NASA/JPL-Caltech) "As fantastical as it may sound, astrobiodefense is neither hypothetical nor fictional." Full Story: Space(4/19)

Entertainment JWST documentary returns to IMAX this week for Earth Day (IMAX originals) Witness cosmic wonders on a spectacular scale in these two new clips from 'Deep Sky.' Full Story: Space(4/22) maybe/mebee more than one but too bad/no shame better than those fn wars,and bs supporting the worlds fn nutter/cretins allow boot me out almost at end of tether anyway

 

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​ FAA now requires reentry license to prevent spacecraft getting stuck up there If what comes up must come down, you’ll need a license for that. READ NOW​

In Case You Missed It​ ​ These meat-eating plants are masters of deception Get up close with the many ways carnivorous plants lure insects to their doom. READ NOW​ ouch haha

 

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Critically endangered lemur attacked by vulnerable fosa in Madagascar

Scientists say fosas are not 'the bad guy.'

READ NOW​ leave us aoneyou human fiends we know how you try to rid the earth f our amphibian relatives,and everything esw grrrrr forests ring bells,you buggers

 

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One of many Scottish islands

 

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Soldiers from the United States Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade during a 15-month deployment in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, June 2008 (Tim Hetherington)

 

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The reason we experience time constriction when viewing cluttered images could be because these are harder to navigate or because the clutter impairs our ability to recognize objects. (Karol Serewis/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty)

Visual clutter skews our time perception​

nature briefing gem, ahain
thanks for sharing nb
netter than fn warsd
by we know who huh

 

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Norway's Myklebust Shipyard will build the two largest hydrogen-powered ships in the world for fellow Norwegian company Torghatten Nord

 

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Watch 4 simultaneous solar flares erupt from the sun (NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / helioviewer.org) The sun put on quite the show this morning (April 23), blasting out not one, not two, but four solar flares in near-perfect harmony. Full Story: Space(4/22) The Full Pink Moon 2024 blooms in the night sky tonight (Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) Look to the east just after sunset to see the moon begin to cross the sky. Full Story: Space(4/23)

Spaceflight ESA graduates new astronaut class (European Space Agency) Five new European astronauts and the first astronaut from the Australian Space Agency are now ready to "hop" into their first flight assignments, having completed basic training. Full Story: Space(4/23)

Science & Astronomy Pluto's heart-shaped scar and the frozen world's history (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute) Comparable in size to the country of Mexico and dominating one of Pluto's hemispheres, Sputnik Planitia is likely the result of an impact - but few impact craters come in Sputnik Planitia's unique pea 4 better than 1 none ues