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	Science Daily update ⋅ November 22, 2024
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	Space.com Star imaged in detail outside the Milky Way for the first time (image, video) Space.com The VLTI was able to see this distant star in such detail that it also revealed its surrounding cocoon of gas and dust. These outflows of material indicate that WOH G64 is dying, in the final stages of its life leading up to a massive supernova explosion. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Unprecedented image may reveal impending supernova that could be visible from Earth CNN This is the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, WOH G64, taken by the GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. The bright oval is a dusty cocoon surrounding the star, while the fainter ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Will astronauts need to be rescued from the moon? NASA wants to be prepared just in case Space.com The space agency's South Pole Safety challenge focuses on the development of innovative solutions for a compact, efficient system that astronauts can use in the event of an emergency during extravehicular activities (EVAs) on the lunar surface. Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American When Did Human Ancestors Start Using Tools? Scientific American The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy sparked a revolution in scientists' understanding of the origins of clever hands and stone tools. By Tracy L. Kivell. A still life image of stone tools with sharpened edges and points shown on a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times From Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee, These Apes May Have Humanlike Culture The New York Times How did the chimps figure out this sophisticated foraging technique and others? "It's difficult to imagine that it can just have appeared out of the blue," said Andrew Whiten, a cultural evolution expert from ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times First Close-Up of Star Outside Our Galaxy Shows a Giant About to Blow The New York Times Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years from the Milky Way. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY International Space Station forced to maneuver out of way of approaching space debris USA TODAY A Russian cargo ship docked at the space station fired its thrusters for five minutes Tuesday to move the ISS out of the way of a piece from a defunct satellite. · NASA, Roscosmos execute ISS maneuver. Flag as irrelevant
	Arizona State University Lucy's lasting legacy: Donald Johanson reflects on the discovery of a lifetime Arizona State University Fifty years ago, in the dusty hills of Hadar, Ethiopia, a young paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, discovered what would become one of the most famous fossil skeletons of our lifetime — the 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor "Lucy." ... Flag as irrelevant
	UC Berkeley A nearby supernova could end the search for dark matter UC Berkeley According to current theory, axions would be created in the hot interior of the neutron star. UC Berkeley astrophysicists say that the strong magnetic field of the star will transform these axions into gamma rays that can be detected from Earth, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com 'There are lots of mysteries in our backyard': Revised solar system chemistry explains long-standing puzzles Space.com Astronomers say they have figured out the true chemical makeup of our solar system, revealing that it contained much more carbon, oxygen and nitrogen than previously thought. Chiefly, the finding could help explain why Pluto, the largest known object ... Flag as irrelevant
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