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Hubble Seeks Clusters in Lost Galaxy

Handout Photo shows NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears extremely faint, giving it the nickname ‘Lost Galaxy’. With a mirror spanning nearly eight feet (2.4 meters) across and its location above Earth’s light-obscuring atmosphere, Hubble can easily observe dim galaxies like NGC 4535 and pick out features like its massive spiral arms and central bar of stars. This image features NGC 4535’s young star clusters, which dot the galaxy’s spiral arms. Glowing-pink clouds surround many of these bright-blue star groupings. These clouds, called H II (‘H-two’) regions, are a sign that the galaxy is home to especially young, hot, and massive stars that blaze with high-energy radiation. Such massive stars shake up their surroundings by heating their birth clouds with powerful stellar winds, eventually exploding as supernovae. The image incorporat

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Flash floods in Indonesia

People stare at a muddy stream covering what used to be a residential area in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region. About 20 houses were swept away in the area ahead of planned revetment work.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

People stare at a muddy stream covering what used to be a residential area in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region. About 20 houses were swept away in the area ahead of planned revetment work.

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Hubble Seeks Clusters in ‘Lost Galaxy’

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears extremely faint, giving it the nickname ‘Lost Galaxy’. With a mirror spanning nearly eight feet (2.4 meters) across and its location above Earth’s light-obscuring atmosphere, Hubble can easily observe dim galaxies like NGC 4535 and pick out features like its massive spiral arms and central bar of stars. This image features NGC 4535’s young star clusters, which dot the galaxy’s spiral arms. Glowing-pink clouds surround many of these bright-blue star groupings. These clouds, called H II (‘H-two’) regions, are a sign that the galaxy is home to especially young, hot, and massive stars that blaze with high-energy radiation. Such massive stars shake up their surroundings by heating their birth clouds with powerful stellar winds, eventually exploding as supernovae. The image incorporates data from an obse

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 5

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River. This video shows a flooded parking lot at Suizenji Ezuko park in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto City.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 3

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 2

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 4

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River.

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Explosion in Gaza - Palestine

A mother holds her children and hurries away in the immediate aftermath of the bombardment in Gaza City, on May 30, 2025. Israeli forces bombed Al-Yazi residential buildings and commercial shops near Qashqar Mosque in the Old City of Gaza. At least 34 Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, as the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate. Photo by Yousef Alzanoun/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nour Shams Camp - West Bank

Press members and ordinary people watching the destruction of Palestinian homes run as Israeli forces shoot live bullets to scare them away in Nour Shams Refugee Camp in Toulkarm, West Bank, on May 29, 2025. Israeli bulldozers, backed by infantry units, continue large-scale demolitions of homes in Nour Shams. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Signature-collecting drive by relatives of abductees

Takuya Yokota (L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, holds a signature-collecting drive with other group members in Tokyo's Ginza area on April 26, 2025. Yokota's sister Megumi was taken away in 1977 at age 13.

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Signature-collecting drive by relatives of abductees

Takuya Yokota (C), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, and other group members meet the press after holding a signature-collecting drive in Tokyo's Ginza area on April 26, 2025. Yokota's sister Megumi was taken away in 1977 at age 13.

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Signature-collecting drive by relatives of abductees

Takuya Yokota (4th from L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, holds a signature-collecting drive with other group members in Tokyo's Ginza area on April 26, 2025. Yokota's sister Megumi was taken away in 1977 at age 13.

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Osservatore Romano Confirms Death of Pope Francis - Vatican

People hold a copy of a special edition of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, announcing the death of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, 88, passed away in the morning. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Osservatore Romano Confirms Death of Pope Francis - Vatican

People hold a copy of a special edition of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, announcing the death of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, 88, passed away in the morning. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Osservatore Romano Confirms Death of Pope Francis - Vatican

People hold a copy of a special edition of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, announcing the death of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, 88, passed away in the morning. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Osservatore Romano Confirms Death of Pope Francis - Vatican

People hold a copy of a special edition of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, announcing the death of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, 88, passed away in the morning. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Osservatore Romano Confirms Death of Pope Francis - Vatican

People hold a copy of a special edition of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, announcing the death of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, 88, passed away in the morning. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Osservatore Romano Confirms Death of Pope Francis - Vatican

People hold a copy of a special edition of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, announcing the death of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, 88, passed away in the morning. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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