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Moments after devouring the final glimmers of light, the seafloor offered nothing but darkness and silt. Then the bow appeared. More than 1,000ft (305 metres) below the surface of the Labrador Sea, off the coast of Canada, the skeleton of the final ship used by the famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton appeared in its silty…
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When Viking 1 safely touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976—exactly seven years after Apollo 11 landed on the Moon—it became the first U.S. mission to successfully land on Mars and return data from the surface. The landing site along the western slopes of Chryse Planitia (22.483° N., 47.94° W.), which translates to “Golden…
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The Sky Today on Sunday, July 19: An oval-shaped nebula
Back to Article List Planetary nebula 6563 is a worthy challenge for larger scopes, floating near the base of the Teapot asterism in Sagittarius late tonight. Planetary nebula NGC 6563 is faint but attainable in larger amateur scopes, located in the southern sky late tonight. Credit: ESO/P. Weilbacher Looking for a sky event this week?…
