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  A 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder

  techfixated.com - Benjamin Larweh

  Picture a spacecraft launched in 1977, now over 15 billion miles away, still whispering secrets from the edge of our solar system. That’s Voyager 1, a …

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  Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet

  BBC News - Pallab Ghosh

  Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b has detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms. This is the second, and more …

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  NASA's Perseverance rover hits the Mars rock gold mine: 'It has been all we had hoped for and more'

  space.com - Sharmila Kuthunur

  "The last four months have been a whirlwind for the science team, and we still feel that Witch Hazel Hill has more to tell us." NASA's Perseverance …

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  Weirdest Planetary System Ever? Meet the Planet That Spins Perpendicular to Its Stars

  zmescience.com - Mihai Andrei

  Forget neat planetary orbits — this newly discovered exoplanet circles two brown dwarfs at a right angle.

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  Our Galaxy's Neighbour Is Potentially Being Torn Apart by Its Bigger Sibling

  ScienceAlert - Universe Today

  A team of researchers at Nagoya University has discovered evidence that the Small Magellanic Cloud is potentially being torn apart by gravitational …

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  15 Tips on How to Photograph the Stars

  Animals Around The Globe - Andrew Alpin

  Whether you’re capturing the dazzling Milky Way, a mesmerizing star trail, or a distant planet, astrophotography requires a blend of technical …