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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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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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China: Satellite Launch Illuminates Xi’an Sky

This is the breathtaking moment that a mysterious streak lit up the night sky, leaving a bright, long-tailed trail visible to local residents. On June 6, 2025, in Xi’an, Shaanxi, local residents captured video footage of an unidentified flying object slanting upward from the left horizon, trailing a luminous plume across the night sky. The streak appeared almost ethereal, expanded briefly, and then faded, captivating onlookers below. According to a report by People’s Daily, the remarkable light display had been caused by China’s successful launch of the Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Internet “04 group” from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The video ended with the glowing tail dissipating into the dark sky, leaving only faint wisps as the rocket continued its journey into orbit.

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Webb Reveals Sombrero Galaxy's Hidden Details

Handout photo dated November 25, 2024 shows NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero Galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), resolving the clumpy nature of the dust along the galaxy’s outer ring. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) in stunning mid-infrared detail. This oblong galaxy, named for its resemblance to a wide-brimmed hat, reveals intricate clumps of dust along its outer ring, illuminated in shades of blue and white. Speckles of stars scatter its inner disk, while distant galaxies dot the black cosmic canvas in the background. The new image, taken with Webb's MIRI instrument, offers unprecedented insight into the galaxy’s structure and the faint traces of young star-forming regions. November 25, 2024. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Webb Reveals Sombrero Galaxy's Hidden Details

Handout photo dated November 25, 2024 shows the view of the famous Sombrero Galaxy in mid-infrared light (top) and visible light (bottom). The James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) reveals the smooth inner disk of the galaxy, while the Hubble Space Telescope’s visible-light image shows the large and extended glow of the central bulge of stars. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) in stunning mid-infrared detail. This oblong galaxy, named for its resemblance to a wide-brimmed hat, reveals intricate clumps of dust along its outer ring, illuminated in shades of blue and white. Speckles of stars scatter its inner disk, while distant galaxies dot the black cosmic canvas in the background. The new image, taken with Webb's MIRI instrument, offers unprecedented insight into the galaxy’s structure and the faint traces of young star-forming regions. November 25, 2024. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kirin to sell spoon to enhance salty taste

Photo taken on May 20, 2024, shows a spoon developed by Kirin Holdings Co. that uses a faint electrical current to enhance salty and umami flavors, with online sales of the product to start the same day priced at 19,800 yen ($125). Meiji University Professor Homei Miyashita, who jointly developed the technology, won the Ig Nobel Nutrition prize in 2023.

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On-site in Gaza: Residents retrieve old memories on rubble of home

STORY: On-site in Gaza: Residents retrieve old memories on rubble of home SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hamad Town in the southern Gazan Strip's Khan Younis City 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHALIL LBRAHIM, Gaza resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAHMOUD HAMDAN, Gaza resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SALAM, Gaza resident 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): OM OSAMA AL-AZAZY, Gaza resident STORYLINE: As Israeli army forces announced the end of military operations in Hamad Town in the southern Gazan Strip's Khan Younis City, dozens of Gazans returned with a faint hope of ending their displaced life but failed. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHALIL LBRAHIM, Gaza resident "I come back to see if I could live here again, and I found my apartment flattened on the ground. My seven children and I currently live and sleep on the street. It is difficult to live in Gaza because of the constant instability." SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAHMO

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Webb Reveals New Structures Within Iconic Supernova

Handout - Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) captured this detailed image of SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). At the center, material ejected from the supernova forms a keyhole shape. Just to its left and right are faint crescents newly discovered by Webb. Beyond them an equatorial ring, formed from material ejected tens of thousands of years before the supernova explosion, contains bright hot spots. Exterior to that is diffuse emission and two faint outer rings. This image reveals a central structure like a keyhole. This center is packed with clumpy gas and dust ejected by the supernova explosion. The dust is so dense that even near-infrared light that Webb detects can’t penetrate it, shaping the dark “hole” in the keyhole. Despite the decades of study since the supernova’s initial discovery, there are several mysteries that remain, particularly surrounding the neutron star that should have been formed in the aftermath of the supernova explosion. August 31, 2023. Photo by NASA, ESA, CSA, M. Matsuura (Cardiff Un

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Saturn Captured By James Webb Space Telescope

This image shows Saturn and some of its moons, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) NIRCam instrument on June 25, 2023. In this monochrome image, NIRCam filter F323N (3.23 microns) was color mapped with an orange hue. JWST turned to the ringed world Saturn in June 2023 to conduct a deep search for new ring structure and faint moons. Saturn itself appears to extremely dark at the infrared wavelengths sensed by JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), as methane gas absorbs almost all of the sunlight falling on the atmosphere. However, the icy rings stay relatively bright, leading to the unusual appearance of Saturn in the JWST image. Several very deep Saturn exposures taken together with this image were designed to test JWST’s capacity to detect faint moons around the planet and its bright rings. Any newly discovered moons would be important dynamical tracers of the current Saturn system as well as its past history. This context image clearly shows details within the ring system, along with many of

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Saturn Captured By James Webb Space Telescope

This image shows Saturn and some of its moons, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) NIRCam instrument on June 25, 2023. In this monochrome image, NIRCam filter F323N (3.23 microns) was color mapped with an orange hue. JWST turned to the ringed world Saturn in June 2023 to conduct a deep search for new ring structure and faint moons. Saturn itself appears to extremely dark at the infrared wavelengths sensed by JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), as methane gas absorbs almost all of the sunlight falling on the atmosphere. However, the icy rings stay relatively bright, leading to the unusual appearance of Saturn in the JWST image. Several very deep Saturn exposures taken together with this image were designed to test JWST’s capacity to detect faint moons around the planet and its bright rings. Any newly discovered moons would be important dynamical tracers of the current Saturn system as well as its past history. This context image clearly shows details within the ring system, along with many of

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Emperor, empress meet medical prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) meet those who were recognized by the health minister for their contribution to medical care in Japan and overseas at the Imperial Palace on Feb. 13. The empress has recovered after feeling faint a week ago. (Pool photo)

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Electrical worker installs wires 300 meters above ground

STORY: Electrical worker installs wires 300 meters above ground DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:25 LOCATION: Hefei, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views from 300 meters above the ground STORYLINE: Not for the faint-hearted: A helmet camera shows what it's like to work 300 meters above the ground. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hefei, China. (XHTV)

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Endangered animals spotted in north China

STORY: Endangered animals spotted in north China DATELINE: March 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: HULUNBUIR, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the wild lynx 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XUE, Resident in Genhe City 3. various of the wild row deers STORYLINE: Mr. Xue, a resident of Aoluguya Township in Genhe City of Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, heard a dog bark and a faint sound outside his house on March 15. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XUE, Resident in Genhe City "Mom, a lynx came again. This time it's a little one." Mr. Xue said there were many small animals in his yard, and his parents occasionally prepared food for the wild animals. So the animals have often visited here. Some of them are aggressive, but they never hurt people. Lynx is a second-class protected animal in China and was listed on the IUCN Red List in 2014. On March 17, a citizen in Genhe City shot videos of four wild roe deers five kilometers away from the downtown area. After seeing the citizen,

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Heartbreakers (2001)

Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt & Jeffrey Jones Characters: Max Conners, Page Conners, Mr. Appel Film: Heartbreakers (USA 2001) Director: David Mirkin 23 March 2001 Date: 23 March 2001

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Fuji seen from Isawa, Kai Province at daybreak

Fuji seen from Isawa, Kai Province at daybreak rising out of the mists. Faint pink in the sky & gauffrage.

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Ex-Tokyo Gov. Ishihara leaves hospital

Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on June 8, 2015. The 82-year-old retired politician, known for his hawkish views on foreign policy, was rushed to a hospital a day earlier in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, after feeling faint while giving a speech. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Convenience stores come far, but business model not for faint-hearted

Photo taken on Oct. 30, 2017, shows Japan's first 7-Eleven convenience store as it looks today, located in Tokyo's Toyosu district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress meet medical prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) meet those who were recognized by the health minister for their contribution to medical care in Japan and overseas at the Imperial Palace on Feb. 13. The empress has recovered after feeling faint a week ago. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Subaru telescope captures 'halo' of nebula M57

TOKYO, Japan - The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) released Sept. 17 a picture showing a faint ''halo'' around nebula M57, or the Ring Nebula, some 1,600 light years away from Earth. The Subaru telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the first one to successfully capture the halo surrounding the nebula's clear, white outer ring, NAOJ said.

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Subaru telescope finds 100 floating small objects

TOKYO, Japan - The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) on Feb. 14 announced the discovery of about 100 ''floating small objects'' (seen in photo released by NAOJ) in a star-forming region made through its Subaru optical-infrared telescope in Hawaii. NAOJ said the objects have been found among several hundred faint young objects in the S106 region.