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Live Science crossword puzzle #68: Aquatic mammals famed for their intelligence — 2 downScience crossword Test your knowledge on all things science with our weekly, free crossword puzzle!
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Live Science crossword puzzle #67: Elephant-like creatures that went extinct around 10,000 years ago — 3 down
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First clear image of China's mysterious 'divine dragon' space plane revealed in US government reportThe Defense Intelligence Agency's latest "Challenges to Security in Space" report included a declassified satellite photo of China's Shenlong, or "divine dragon," space plane, which has released at least nine mysterious payloads into low Earth orbit since 2022.
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Twin hurricanes stare out to space as they barrel toward HawaiiEarth from space A 2016 satellite photo shows Hurricane Madeline and Hurricane Lester heading straight toward Hawaii's Big Island. When viewed from above, the twin cyclones and the surrounding clouds look eerily like a giant smiley face.
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Live Science crossword puzzle #66: The tallest mountain in the solar system — 8 across
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Japan launches world's first round-trip mission to MarsThe Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission, which launched from Japan on Oct. 19, is on its way to Mars. When it arrives, the probe will attempt to land on one of the Red Planet's twin moons and scoop up rocks to bring back to Earth. Experts tell Live Science what these "transformative" samples could teach us.
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'It makes me feel that we can do a lot about it': ESA official shares striking satellite snap of Europe's record-breaking summer heat wavesEarth from space The head of ESA's Earth observation program tells Live Science why a striking image of a recent heat wave scorching Southern Europe gives her hope that we can properly monitor — and eventually prevent — similar extreme weather events in the future.
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'We used to go to the climate conferences together. We are not anymore': ESA official Simonetta Cheli tells us how the political landscape for Earth observation is changingLive Science sat down with the European Space Agency's Simonetta Cheli to discuss the importance of Earth observation, how NASA budget cuts have changed the picture, and how the proliferation of private satellites could hinder our ability to view the planet.
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Live Science crossword puzzle #65: Animal that kills the largest number of people — 10 down
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One of America's biggest meteor craters is 100 million years younger than we thought — and coincided with a global extinction eventAnalysis of tiny zircon crystals buried within the 10-mile-wide Ames crater in northwest Oklahoma suggests that the submerged structure dates back to 370 million years ago, during the Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction event.
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Multicolored 'mosaic' of mini farms surrounds Taiwan's largest river — Earth from spaceEarth from space A recent satellite photo shows a patchwork of tens of thousands of size-restricted farms tightly crammed into Taiwan's Yunlin County, which grows a majority of the island's food.
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Live Science crossword puzzle #64: The driving force of evolution — 9 across
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1,000-mile-long cloud that forms and vanishes on Mars every day obeys 'exotic physics' never seen on EarthNew simulations suggest that the perplexing Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud (AMEC) repeatedly emerges in the Red Planet's skies thanks to a never-before-seen meteorological process.
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'Completely unexpected': Astronomers spy never-before-seen 'phoenix planet' rising from the ashes of a dead starAstronomers have spotted a rare "second-generation" exoplanet closely orbiting the nearby white dwarf HS 0209+0832. An unusual mixture of heavy elements inside this zombie star suggests that "this system has given birth to a new world using the foundations of the old one."
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Lost 'heart' of the Colorado River shines like a silver serpent in UtahEarth from space A 2016 astronaut photo mosaic highlights a "sunglint" phenomenon that transformed Lake Powell into a winding metallic "river." The artificial reservoir, which is the second largest in the country, is home to many visible and long-lost geological wonders.
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Live Science crossword #63: Spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis missions — 7 across
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Towering 'sponge' dome in Brazil is the secret source of nearby hot springsEarth from space A 2025 satellite photo shows the Caldas Novas dome, a 12-mile-long monolith that towers above the Brazilian state of Goiás. The structure acts as a giant sponge, soaking up water that helps fuel nearby hot springs.
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US Cold War-era spy satellite explodes above Earth — and nobody knows whyThe defunct USA 32 (or Farrah III) satellite, which launched in 1988, broke apart without warning on Sept. 13, around 480 miles above Earth's surface. Experts are still unsure what caused this sudden fragmentation, how many pieces it created, or how the debris might impact other nearby spacecraft.
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Live Science crossword puzzle #62: Ancient capital of the Aztec Empire — 2 down
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A giant cosmic 'fart' is making a wobbling zombie star repeatedly flash us, 'groundbreaking' observations revealA very strange binary star system keeps flashing Earth with X-ray flares. Scientists now understand why.
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A surprising slab of salt shines at the summit of the Sahara's tallest peakEarth from space A 2024 astronaut photo captured an unusual salt patch shining like snow on top of northern Chad's imposing Emi Koussi volcano, which is covered with ancient lava, hidden vents and shadowy waterways.
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Live Science crossword puzzle #61: Largest living land animals — 4 across
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An 'impossible' black hole merger may finally be solved — but it raises an even bigger mysteryNew research suggests that a perplexing signal created by a pair of colliding black holes may have been warped by a space-time phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. This theory could finally explain the "impossible" size of the merging singularities, but it also poses a new problem.
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Giant 'baby' planet is the youngest world scientists have ever seenAstronomers have confirmed a large exoplanet is forming in the cloud of debris around a young star. At less than a million years old, it's the youngest exoplanet found so far.
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