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Space – Huge Rings Around a Black Hole (NASA)

NASA writes: A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The...

Space – A Few Steps Closer to Europa: Spacecraft Hardware Makes Headway (NASA)

NASA writes: The hardware that makes up NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is rapidly taking shape, as engineering components and instruments are prepared for delivery to the...

Space – 10 Years Ago: Juno Launched to Observe Jupiter (NASA)

NASA writes: On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA’s Juno spacecraft launched on a five-year interplanetary journey that took it to the giant planet Jupiter. NASA’s...

Space – Juno Celebrates 10 Years With a New View of Jovian Moon Ganymede (NASA)

NASA writes: This infrared view of Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede was obtained by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its...

Space – My Favorite Martian Image: Helicopter Scouts Ridge Area for Perseverance (NASA)

NASA writes: Ask any space explorer, and they’ll have a favorite photo or two from their mission. For Kevin Hand, a scientist at NASA’s...

Space – Stars Are Exploding in Dusty Galaxies. We Just Can’t Always See Them (NASA)

NASA writes: You’d think that supernovae – the death throes of massive stars and among the brightest, most powerful explosions in the universe – would...

India – In India, Hindu support for Modi’s party varies by region and is tied to beliefs about diet and language (Pew Research Center)

JONATHAN EVANS writes: India’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is sometimes said to prioritize Hindu interests. Hindus were the religious group most likely...

USA – Wide differences on most gun policies between gun owners and non-owners, but also some agreement (Pew Research Center)

TED VAN GREEN writes: Gun owners in the United States have long favored more permissive gun policies while adults who do not own guns...

USA – Women are becoming more involved in U.S. mosques (Pew Research Center)

BESHEER MOHAMED writes: Women continue to be less involved than men in mosque life in the United States, but the pattern appears to be...
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