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Star Explosion Reveals New Space Ingredients

Handout - Scientists have spotted chlorine and potassium hiding inside the remains of a blown-up star for the first time. Using Japan’s XRISM space telescope, they found these elements inside the giant cloud of debris left behind by the supernova called Cassiopeia A. The explosion happened about 11,000 light-years from Earth, but it is still giving up new secrets today. The find shows how stars don’t just light up the sky, they also make many of the elements that help build planets and life. Even long after a star explodes, it can still teach us something new about the universe. This discovery was published in a scientific paper on December 4 this year, and the image was released on January 28, 2024, using data from NASA’s Chandra telescope along with Hubble, Webb and Spitzer. Photo by Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Milisavljevic et al., NASA/JPL/CalTech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt and K. Arcand via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stunning aerial view of Dead Sea salt formations

STORY: Stunning aerial view of Dead Sea salt formations DATELINE: June 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dead Sea salt formations 2. various of Dead Sea shores STORYLINE: About 30 km east of Jerusalem on the Dead Sea's northern shores, a natural phenomenon of salt formations has wowed visitors from all around the world. The Dead Sea is one of the saltiest water bodies on earth. Its water contains more than 35 different types of minerals including magnesium, calcium, potassium, bromine, sulfur, and iodine. The odd chemistry results in the appearance of salt crystal formations. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

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Green development of Chinese largest salt lake helps boost productivity

STORY: Green development of Chinese largest salt lake helps boost productivity DATELINE: June 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: XINING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chaerhan Salt Lake 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU WANPING, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Research and Development Center of Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co., Ltd., STORYLINE: Chaerhan Salt Lake is China's largest salt lake located in the Qaidam Basin of northwest China's Qinghai Province. It is rich in natural resources, including potassium and magnesium. Through green development, the lake could produce 8 million tonnes of potassium chloride, 110,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate and 1.69 million tonnes of industrial salt annually. Its potash fertilizer industry also leads the world. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU WANPING, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Research and Development Center of Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co., Ltd., "Chaerhan Salt Lake is the largest soluble potassium-magnesiu

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New technology applied in farming in E China

STORY: New technology applied in farming in E China DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. animation of precise seeding technology STORYLINE: Precise seeding technology is used in wheat production in east China's Anhui Province. There was a misconception that the more seeds you planted, the greater germination you would get. With the application of the new technology, farmers get higher output with fewer seeds. Furthermore, soil testing and formulated fertilization play important roles in increasing crop yield. While wheat could not grow well without chemical fertilizers, the required amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium varies from field to field. By conducting soil testing, different fertilizer formulas are customized. China has used drones to prevent Fusarium head blight, dubbed "cancer to the wheat," in an effort to ensure wheat production. Along with the application of technologies such as deep ploughing, seed coating, and diseas

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Niigata residents get iodine pills to prepare for nuclear mishap

Residents of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, receive potassium iodine pills on Sept. 17, 2015, that will mitigate the risk of thyroid cancer in the event of a nuclear disaster. Iodine pills were distributed to 320 residents on the first day out of some 20,000 people living within 5 kilometers of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

An ocean shipping ship unloads potassium chloride imported from Canada at the Fertilizer Terminal of Lianyungang East Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

An ocean shipping ship unloads potassium chloride imported from Canada at the Fertilizer Terminal of Lianyungang East Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021

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Lianyungang Port

An ocean shipping ship unloads potassium chloride imported from Canada at the Fertilizer Terminal of Lianyungang East Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

An ocean shipping ship unloads potassium chloride imported from Canada at the Fertilizer Terminal of Lianyungang East Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

An ocean shipping ship unloads potassium chloride imported from Canada at the Fertilizer Terminal of Lianyungang East Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

An ocean shipping ship unloads potassium chloride imported from Canada at the Fertilizer Terminal of Lianyungang East Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

An ocean shipping ship unloads potassium chloride imported from Canada at the Fertilizer Terminal of Lianyungang East Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021

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Lianyungang Port

Dockworkers transfer potassium chloride imported from Canada at the port of Lianyungang Oriental Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021.

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Lianyungang Port

An ocean shipping ship unloads potassium chloride imported from Canada at the Fertilizer Terminal of Lianyungang East Company in Lianyungang, east China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2021