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ESA’s Hera spacecraft has photographed Didymos from about 37 miles away, revealing a side not seen by DART shortly before its deliberate collision with the smaller asteroid Dimorphos. The image gives researchers a new vantage point for investigating the aftermath of a test intended to help improve planetary defences.
Source: popsci.com
Read the original story →Two Massachusetts cranberry bogs have harvested berries beneath operating solar panels for a second season, demonstrating that these sites can produce food and electricity together. The projects offer concrete evidence of an alternative to taking farmland out of production for solar, though yield and profitability comparisons are not provided.
Source: Grist
Read the original story →England has reported no badger culling due to bovine TB in 2026, the first such pause in more than a decade, while new herd breakdowns have continued to decline. These outcomes show wildlife being spared alongside improving cattle disease indicators, though they do not establish that stopping culling caused the improvement.
Source: farmersguide.co.uk
Read the original story →Engineers at Orbital Matter turned an unsuccessful space-printing attempt into a completed structure by updating the spacecraft’s firmware after two months of ground tests. Replicator 2 printed a fully bonded, 32.5-centimetre beam in the vacuum of space, then partially deployed a solar array along it.
Source: payloadspace.com
Read the original story →An octopus does not simply squash through a tiny opening: researchers filmed its arms bracing against the far side and pulling the rest of its body through. When the opening was narrower than the distance between its eyes, every arm crossed before the head and body followed.
Source: earth.com
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