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	Science Daily update ⋅ August 18, 2021
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	Spaceflight Now Arianespace launches second Pléiades Neo remote sensing satellite Spaceflight Now A European Vega rocket launched from French Guiana Monday night with Airbus's second Pléiades Neo remote sensing satellite, two European Space Agency CubeSats to track space weather, a student-built nanosatellite from Italy, and a small maritime ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars through challenging 12th flight on Red Planet Space.com The flight was designed to serve as reconnaissance for the rover's continuing explorations of a region dubbed South Séítah, according to a flight plan NASA posted before the attempt that called the sortie "ambitious.". Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Astronomers see galaxies in ultra-high definition BBC News Many of the images could yield insights into the role of black holes in star and planet formation. The researchers say that the pictures will transform our understanding of how galaxies evolve. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN This meteor shower's 'fizzing' asteroid acts like a comet CNN (CNN) Phaethon, the source of the Geminid meteor shower, has intrigued scientists for years because it's an asteroid that behaves like a comet. New research may reveal the reason why this oddball gets so bright as it approaches the sun. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Laser Fusion Experiment Unleashes an Energetic Burst of Optimism The New York Times Scientists have come tantalizingly close to reproducing the power of the sun — albeit only in a speck of hydrogen for a fraction of a second. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reported on Tuesday that by using 192 gigantic lasers to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Space collision: Chinese satellite got whacked by hunk of Russian rocket in March Space.com It was unclear at the time whether the spacecraft had suffered some sort of failure — an explosion in its propulsion system, perhaps — or if it had collided with something in orbit. We ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN New 'Hobbit' creature, other discoveries show early mammals evolved quickly after dinosaur extinction CNN New 'Hobbit' creature, other discoveries show early mammals evolved quickly after dinosaur extinction. By Ashley Strickland, CNN. Updated 12:03 AM ET, Wed August 18, 2021. A new study suggests that ostrich eggshell beads have been used to cement ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Cracking a mystery of massive black holes and quasars with supercomputer simulations Phys.Org At the center of galaxies, like our own Milky Way, lie massive black holes surrounded by spinning gas. Some shine brightly, with a continuous supply of fuel, while others go dormant for millions of years, only to reawaken with a serendipitous influx of gas. Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Astronomer Vera Rubin Taught Me about Dark Matter—and about How to Live Life Scientific American Even then, in her late 70s, Rubin continued her trips to places such as Kitt Peak National Observatory to scour the outermost edges of far-flung galaxies in order to clock how quickly the galaxies' stars whipped around their cores. Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Rare embryo from dinosaur age was laid by human-size turtle Livescience.com About 90 million years ago, a giant turtle in what is now central China laid a clutch of tennis ball-size eggs with extremely thick eggshells. One egg never hatched, and it remained undisturbed for tens of millions of years, preserving the delicate bones of the ... Flag as irrelevant
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