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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Space – Un inconsueto ‘Signore degli Anelli’ (Global Science)

Valeria Guarnieri writes: Anche i buchi neri hanno il loro ‘Signore degli Anelli’: nel sistema V404 Cygni, infatti, è stato scovato uno di questi elusivi...
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India/Arctic Policy – The Contours of India’s Arctic Policy (Arctic Institute)

KM Seethi writes: The Arctic has recently assumed considerable strategic significance as it has been underlined by the policies of major powers. The interests...
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Space – Crater trio (ESA)

ESA writes: This image was taken on 22 March 2021 in the Lunae Planum region of Mars by the CaSSIS camera on the...
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Space – Il ritmo delle giganti rosse (Global Science)

Valeria Guarnieri writes: Una vasta ‘orchestra’ cosmica, la cui armonia scaturisce da onde sonore che si formano all’interno dei ‘musicisti’: si tratta di un ampio gruppo di stelle...
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Space – Cinque supernovae per Spitzer (Global Science)

Fulvia Croci writes: Spitzer ha individuato cinque supernovae nascoste, non rilevate dalla luce ottica. Il telescopio ha osservato 40 galassie polverose, migliorando le tecniche che vengono usate...
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Space – Colpo di calore extra su Giove (Global Science)

Giuseppina Pulcrano writes: Giove, situato nel Sistema Solare ad una distanza cinque volte superiore a quella tra il Sole e la Terra, dovrebbe riportare...
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Space – Buchi neri attivi, nuovo studio sui gas espulsi (Global Science)

Barbara Ranghelli writes: Una giovane ricercatrice del Center for Astro, Particle, and Planetary Physics della New York University di Abu Dhabi (Nyuad) negli Emirati Arabi, Aisha Al Yazeedi, ha...
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