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Distant ‘galaxy’ isn’t a galaxy at all – but one of the brightest pulsars ever detected

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A bright spot that scientists once wrote off as a distant galaxy may be the brightest pulsar ever detected outside the Milky Way. Named PSR J0523−7125 and located at approximately 160,000 light years from Soil in the Large Magellanic Cloud (a satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way), the newly defined pulsar is twice as wide …

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International satellite to track effects of small ocean currents – Verve times

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will examine how the ocean absorbs atmospheric heat and carbon, mitigating global temperatures and climate change. While climate change drives sea level rise over time, researchers also believe that differences in surface elevation from place to place in the ocean can influence Earth’s climate. …

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