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The Paradox of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
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The coastal dune field in Brazil looks like a desert but fills with freshwater lagoons every year.
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NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact
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Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the Einstein and Bell craters. The impact poses no…
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NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test
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Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of concept test. The results, presented Tuesday at the…
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