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Missions to the moon, Mars, Jupiter and more: These are the coolest space missions in 2024Ambitious new missions to the moon, Venus, Jupiter and more are planned for 2024. Here is a preview of the exciting year in space ahead.
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72 million-year-old 'blue dragon' unearthed in Japan is unlike anything we've ever seen, experts sayThe near-complete remains of a never-before-seen mosasaur that dominated the ancient Pacific Ocean have been unearthed in Japan. The great white shark-size creature is unlike any other aquatic animal, dead or alive.
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Newly-formed volcanic island near Japan is still growing, satellite revealsThe island forged in fire off the coast of Japan in Oct this year is still growing, as seen in a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image caught on Nov. 27.
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Underwater volcano riding a sinking tectonic plate may have unleashed major earthquakes in JapanA seamount sitting on a subducting tectonic plate off the coast of Japan and plowing its way into Earth's mantle may be at the root of several magnitude 7 earthquakes in the past 40 years.
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Japan's new volcanic island has erupted again — and the dramatic explosion was caught on cameraAn underwater volcano that gave birth to a new island off Japan's Iwo Jima island has erupted again, sending huge plumes of ash and smoke into the sky in footage released by Japan's Coast Guard.
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Adorable, newfound pygmy squid species named after Japanese forest fairiesTwo new species of pygmy squid have been discovered off Okinawa and named after mythical creatures.
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Strange sea worms have butts that grow a brain before wriggling off to find a mateScientists have worked out how Japanese green syllids grow a butt with a brain that can swim away to reproduce.
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Hoard of 100,000 centuries-old coins discovered in JapanA hoard of more than 100,000 coins found in Japan might have been buried by warriors centuries ago.
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New island that emerged from the ocean off Japan is now visible from spaceA newly-formed island off the coast of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean was spotted in satellite images after it emerged during an underwater volcanic eruption at the end of October.
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