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	Science Daily update ⋅ February 19, 2023
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	Space.com Happy anniversary, Perseverance! NASA rover marks 2 years on Mars Space.com On Feb. 18, 2021, a rocket-powered sky crane lowered the car-sized Perseverance and its tiny ridealong partner, the Ingenuity helicopter, to the floor of Mars' Jezero Crater, then flew off to crash-land a safe distance away. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Russian Progress cargo ship undocks from space station despite coolant leak Space.com A robotic Russian cargo ship stricken by a coolant leak undocked from the International Space Station late Friday (Feb.17) while a cosmonaut snapped photos of it looking for signs of damage. The ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Sun unleashes massive X2-class solar flare during geomagnetic storm watch (video) Space.com A massive solar flare erupted from the sun on Friday (Feb. 17) as the Earth was under a geomagnetic storm watch from flares earlier in the week. The huge solar flare, which registered as a powerful X2.2 sun storm, occurred began at 2:38 p.m. EST (1938 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com New auroras detected on Jupiter's four largest moons Space.com Astronomers have discovered new auroras over Jupiter's four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, observable at visible wavelengths. The new auroras reveal in greater detail the composition of the thin atmospheres of these Jovian moons, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Watch a comet make its 1st and final pass by the sun this weekend Space.com The comet C/2022 A2 (Pan-STARRS) will pass close by the sun on Sunday (Feb. 19), making its closest approach, or perihelion, when it will briefly be visible in the evening sky. This will be its first and final visit to the sun for the comet as the star's ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Paul Berg, pioneer in gene splicing who led way for biotech, dies at 96 The Washington Post Paul Berg, a Nobel laureate biochemist whose breakthrough in splicing DNA molecules helped place the foundations for the biotech industry, but who was once so concerned about possible risks from manipulating genes that he asked scientists to allow ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Leonardo da Vinci's lost sketches show early experiments to understand gravity Space.com Leonardo da Vinci's centuries-old sketches reveal he may have understood key aspects of gravity long before Galileo, Newton and Einstein. A recent study from the California Institute of Technology examined diagrams in da ... Flag as irrelevant
	Mashable NASA discovers asteroid is a dead ringer for the Empire State Building Mashable This asteroid, which recently sped past Earth, has caught the attention of NASA astronomers for its bizarre long shape. The space rock — which has perhaps whizzed by to set the record straight that not all asteroids are vaguely ball-like — is more than ... Flag as irrelevant
	KHON2 Do you think Pluto needs to be returned to planet status? KHON2 HONOLULU (KHON2) — A single day on Pluto is as long as 6.9 Earth days. Tomorrow, Feb. 18 is Pluto Day. You may ask yourself why Pluto has its own day since it is no longer considered a planet of our solar system. Well, according to a new survey, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Big Island Now Maunakea observatory spies aurorae on Jupiter's moons Big Island Now Those stunning Northern Lights we see on Earth? Imagine seeing them on Jupiter's largest moons. That's what astronomers detected using W. M. Keck Observatory on Hawaiʻi Island's Maunakea. This isn't the first time auroras have ... Flag as irrelevant
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