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This visualization shows C-shaped and reverse-C-shaped plasma bubbles appearing close together in the ionosphere on Oct. 12, 2020, and Dec. 26, 2021, as observed by NASA’s GOLD mission (Image credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio)

NASA Finds X-shaped structures in our atmosphere

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NASA Finds X-shaped structures in our atmosphere, in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere.

Artist’s impression: the galaxy SDSS1335+0728 lighting up

Astronomers see a massive black hole awaken in real time & feed

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Astronomers see a massive black hole awaken in real time & feed on its surrounding gases. This is the first time this had been observed

Lunar Phase Feb 17, 2022 Southern Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere. Image: NASA

Podcast Episode 95 l How many moons does the Earth have?

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Technically, Earth has only one Moon. But here is the interesting thing. Over millions of years, the number of moons has varied. We talk about their story in this episode. 

How Shiva and Shakti formed the Milky Way Galaxy

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The Gaia space telescope shows How Shiva and Shakti formed the Milky Way Galaxy 12 billion years ago. These two streams of stars wove together to form it.

Moon phase on Feb 14 2022 as seen in the Northern Hemisphereby NASA LRO

Does the Earth have more than one Moon?

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We wonder if the Earth has more than one Moon in this new 360 on History blog post discussing the number of satellites that have orbited our planet & considered "moons".

An artist's impression of a puffy cotton-candy world. (NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted/STScI)

Meet a planet as light as cotton candy

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Meet WASP-193b, an exoplanet discovered 1,232 light-years away, orbiting a Sun-like star named WASP-193. It is 50 percent bigger than Jupiter but is light and fluffy as cotton candy. 

Ingenuity is currently stranded in Mars' Valinor Fields where it crashed in January. It was photographed by the Perseverance rover on Feb. 4. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSS

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars Says Goodbye

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The stranded Ingenuity Mars Helicopter sent its last signal from Mars to Earth, including a farewell message for mission scientists. It will carry on gathering data on Mars until it ceases functioning...

Planesphere Tablet from the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, Nenveh. British Museum

Podcast Episode 91 l Did this clay tablet describe an ancient asteroid impact?

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Podcast Episode 91 is on an ancient asteroid. Does a clay tablet describe an ancient asteroid impact? Two scientists certainly thought that it described an asteroid hitting earth

ClayTablet Revealing An Ancient Asteroid Impact being held in a hand showing lines and cuneiform inscription (CC BY)

Ancient Star Map Revealed Asteroid Impact

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This is the story of a star map, one which depicted an ancient asteroid impacting Earth over 5,000 years ago.