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	Science Daily update ⋅ February 6, 2025
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	The Planetary Society Kiss-and-capture: The dance of Pluto and Charon The Planetary Society This week, Adeene Denton, a research scientist at the University of Arizona, shares her team's new paper that suggests a "kiss-and-capture" may solve this mystery. Then Bruce Betts, The Planetary Society's chief scientist, discusses contact binaries in our ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global 'impact winter,' study says CNN The researchers used climate models and the aid of the Aleph supercomputer at ICCP to run different scenarios for a Bennu-type collision with Earth, largely focusing on the effects of injecting 100 million to 400 million tons into Earth's atmosphere. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The Physics That Keeps a Crowd From Becoming a Stampede The New York Times A group of scientists studying the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain, believe there's a way to predict the motions of a large crowd. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com See the moon and Jupiter grab 'the Bull' by the horns this week Space.com Jupiter will also be accompanied by two naked-eye star clusters: the Pleiades and Hyades. Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Risk of falling space junk impacting planes is growing, researchers warn CBS News Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for aircraft, researchers warned in a new study. The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia, said that the probability of space debris hitting an ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup's Rover Took It. The New York Times After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to the lunar surface. Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in 'magic-angle' graphene Phys.Org Superconducting materials are similar to the carpool lane in a congested interstate. Like commuters who ride together, electrons that pair up can bypass the regular traffic, moving through the material with zero friction. But just as with carpools, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The Search for the Original Silly Goose in the Fossil Record The New York Times It's taken decades, but scientists may have finally found Earth's first fowl. It started in 1993 on Vega Island, a frigid, windswept rock off the Antarctic Peninsula. A mostly headless skeleton of a loon-size diving bird emerged from rocks that, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com German company Atmos launching 1st cargo-return capsule on upcoming SpaceX mission Space.com A European company will give its cargo-return tech its first in-space test this spring, if all goes according to plan. Germany's Atmos Space Cargo announced today (Feb. 5) that its first Phoenix reentry capsule will fly on SpaceX's Bandwagon 3 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Giant planet or 'failed star?' Newfound mystery world blurs the lines Space.com One of the largest exoplanets to be found orbiting a relatively low-mass star has been discovered, thanks to the way the planet's gravity drags its star around on its journey through space. The planet is the fourth world to be spotted in data from the ... Flag as irrelevant
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