This X-ray image shows our solar system ‘breathing’

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Illustration of the separation of the SWCX foreground emission from the cosmic X-ray sky, for the Western Galactic hemisphere. The stripe patterns visible in the SWCX image result from temporal variations in foreground emission combined with eROSITA’s scanning geometry. (Image credit: MPE) Astronomers have, for the first time, spotted the “breath of the solar system.”Continue Reading

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Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi is in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani officials, as US envoys are also set to arrive., NewsFeed Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi is in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani officials, as US envoys are also set to arrive in the capital. Tehran says no direct US talksContinue Reading

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Microplastics are floating through the atmosphere and spreading across the globe, but their true origins have been misunderstood. New research shows land sources emit over 20 times more microplastic particles into the air than the ocean, challenging earlier beliefs. Scientists also discovered that previous models dramatically overestimated how much plasticContinue Reading

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The Hengli refinery has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for Iran’s military, says US Treasury., The Hengli refinery, China’s second-largest, has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for Iran’s military, the US Treasury says. The United States has sanctioned a Chinese oil refinery for buying hundreds of millions ofContinue Reading