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Underground ‘Lakes’ on Mars May Just Be Big Globs of Clay
Recent hubbub about subsurface lakes detected on Mars has a new twist, as new research argues that the underground structures aren’t lakes at all. The researchers behind the study say that, rather than liquid water, the Martian south pole contains smectites, a class of clays that have been misinterpreted in the data.
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It’s Once Again Time to Hopelessly Dream About Doctor Who’s Next Doctor
Jodie Whittaker is Doctor no more. Well, she’s actually very Doctor for the next year and a half, but with today’s shock announcement that both she and current showrunner Chris Chibnall will be departing Doctor Who by the end of 2022, we’ve come to the time-honoured tradition of dreaming buck wild over who could replace…
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Watch Live: Russia’s Nauka Module Docks at the International Space Station
It was a bumpy journey, but Russia’s Nauka module is finally arriving at the International Space Station. You can catch the action live right here.
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Physicists See Light Echoing From Behind a Black Hole for the First Time
Astrophysicists have detected light coming from the far side of a black hole, using telescopes to see physics predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity but not yet directly observed. The new findings affirmed ideas about how black holes warp light.