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NASA Announces Astronauts Who Will Fly Past the Moon on Artemis 2
Four astronauts — three men and one woman — have been selected for the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years. As expected, the crew also features a Canadian, who will become the first non-U.S. citizen to venture past Earth orbit.
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Plants Yell When They’re Stressed Out
Researchers in Israel have found that tomato and tobacco plants that are dealing with stress factors make a popping sound that can be detected over 0.91 m away, a reaction that seems tantamount to a human moaning in anguish or yelling in pain.
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That Viral Liquid Tree Could Help Cut Down CO2 Emissions
No, you can’t drink the liquid tree juice.
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Bent Light in Deep Space Reveals One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Detected
Holy smokes. A group of astronomers have found a black hole containing (checks notes) 30 billion times the mass of our Sun. That’s more than seven times the size of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.