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	Science Daily update ⋅ August 19, 2021
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	HelloGiggles August's full moon is, somehow, a Blue Moon. Here's why. Space.com Back in the July 1943 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine, in a question and answer column, there was a reference made to the term "Blue Moon." The unusual term was cited from a copy of the 1937 edition of the now-defunct Maine Farmers' Almanac. Flag as irrelevant
	CNET The Milky Way has a 'broken' arm that could reveal its galactic history Space.com The grouping of young stars and gassy regions is described by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as looking like "a splinter poking out from a plank of wood" from the plane of the spiral Milky Way's arms. Flag as irrelevant
	Predicting solar storms to protect Earth EarthSky A powerful solar flare has the potential to fry electronics and take down power grids around the globe. Fortunately, we haven't had a truly major space weather event since 1859. Perhaps you've heard of what's called the 1859 Carrington Event? It stemmed from ... Flag as irrelevant
	Gizmodo Russian Space Junk Hit a Chinese Satellite in March, Evidence Suggests Gizmodo The mysterious breakdown of the Yunhai 1-02 satellite in March has likely been solved. The discarded remnants of an old Russian rocket appear to have smashed into the Chinese satellite, in what is an ominous sign of things to come in our increasingly ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Curiosity Mars rover explores a changing landscape Phys.Org A new video rings in the rover's ninth year on Mars, letting viewers tour Curiosity's location on a Martian mountain. Images of knobbly rocks and rounded hills are delighting scientists as NASA's Curiosity rover climbs Mount Sharp, a 5-mile-tall (8-kilometer-tall) ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET New Arm for Milky Way? Astronomers Detect 'Break' on Our Galaxy's Spiral Arm The Weather Channel This illustration shows astronomers' current understanding of the large-scale structure of the Milky Way. Stars and star-forming regions are largely grouped into spiral arms. ( NASA/JPL-Caltech). Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic histories and social organisation in Neolithic and Bronze Age Croatia Phys.Org The field of archaeogenetics has substantially contributed to a better understanding of how the movement and admixture of people across Europe during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages shaped genetic ancestries. However, not all regions are equally well ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET WATCH: NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Explores Changing Landscape SpaceCoastDaily.com ABOVE VIDEO: NASA's Curiosity rover explores Mount Sharp, a 5-mile-tall (8-kilometer-tall) mountain within the basin of Gale Crater on Mars. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Scientists reveal how landmark CFC ban gave planet fighting chance against global warming Phys.Org Their new evidence reveals the planet's critical ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere could have been massively degraded sending global temperatures soaring if we still used ozone-destroying chemicals such as CFCs. New modeling by the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Saturn's rippling rings reveal fuzzy, jiggly core inside the gas giant CNET The Hubble Space Telescope took a fresh look at Saturn during its northern hemisphere summer. NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPAL Team. We can't send a spacecraft into the ... Flag as irrelevant
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