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Edwin Rod
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I enjoy posting about Science and Astronomy
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An EAS mission to Enceladus
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Target: Enceladus
At the European Space Agency, a mission called L4 to Saturn’s most enigmatic moon is now in the planning stages.
www.astronomy.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Sweet Dreams my Darlings🧡🧡🧡
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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One interesting planet - with or without an Atmosphere?
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A New Look At TRAPPIST-1e, An Earth-sized, Habitable-zone Exoplanet - Astrobiology
Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1
astrobiology.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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New Model Explains Giant Planet Jet Streams
What can equatorial jet streams on gas giant planets teach scientists about gas giant planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science
The JPL-led South Pole Seismic Station will enable scientists to characterize the lunar interior structure to better understand geologic processes that affect planetary bodies.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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An amazing observatory
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NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction
Set to launch by May 2027, the spacecraft will study mysteries of the cosmos while also testing the Coronagraph Instrument, a new technology designed and built by JPL.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
December 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Peru’s Río Abiseo park yields new marsupial, hinting at more undiscovered species
In 2018, Brazilian biologist Silvia Pavan traveled to Río Abiseo National Park, in Peru’s San Martín region, following the trail of a squirrel species first described from there in the 1990s. At the t...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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The Rest is Silence: Empirically Equivalent Hypotheses about the Universe | Centauri Dreams
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December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Auckland welcomes passengers on inaugural 'worlds longest direct flight' from China to Argentina
The route from China to Argentina - with a short break in New Zealand - takes more than 25 hours, with the return journey taking even longer.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies
Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency funded for development this year.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds expected as summer officially begins
MetService reports a broad range of weather including heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong winds, and sunny spells
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December 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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NASA Orbiter Shines New Light on Long-Running Martian Mystery
Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to subsurface observations of Mars.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Kaitoke Regional Park
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November 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Kaitoke Regional Park
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November 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Kaitoke Regional Park
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November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s deforestation
The mysteries of Easter Island, subjects of speculation for centuries, yield to scientific inquiry.
theconversation.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Looking inside icy moons
The outer planets of the Solar System are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus, are known to have oceans of liquid water between the ice shell and the roc...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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NASA Orbiter Shines New Light on Long-Running Martian Mystery
Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to subsurface observations of Mars.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Auckland swelters during hottest November day on record
Many parts of the country have exceeded 30 degrees celsius on Thursday.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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More than half of new articles on the internet are being written by AI – is human writing headed for extinction?
As AI floods the internet with text, it could mean human voices will matter more – not less.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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How Mega-Constellations Are Learning to Manage Themselves
Satellite megaconstellations are quickly becoming the backbone of a number of industries. Cellular communication, GPS, weather monitoring and more are now, at least in part, reliant on the networks of...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Yes, the Universe Can Expand Faster Than Light
An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be straightforward.
www.universetoday.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Earth and Theia smashed to birth the moon, but did they first start out as close neighbors?
"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system. Earth and Theia are likely to have been neighbors."
www.space.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Brookfield Camp
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November 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM