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  World's largest telescope continues taking shape on Chilean mountain (photos)

  space.com - By Samantha Mathewson

  "Notice the cranes and vehicles at the bottom, which show off just how enormous the ELT is!" The dome enclosing the world's largest telescope is …

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  Night owls are 'cognitively superior’ to early risers. Here’s why

  sciencefocus.com - Christian Jarrett

  For some of us, getting out of bed at the crack of dawn is at best miserable and at worst impossible. Do you find it difficult to get up in the …

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  3 days ago

  The reality of quantum fluctuations was proven back in 1947

  bigthink.com - Ethan Siegel

  If you spend enough time listening to theoretical physicists, it starts to sound like there are two separate worlds that they inhabit.• The real, …

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  3 days ago

  Webb Telescope Astronomers Got a Giant Surprise When They Found This Planet

  Inverse - by Kiona Smith

  The Epsilon Indi star system is already pretty weird, but this surprising new planet just made it even weirder. Episolon Indi is a trio of stars, …

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  Mysterious antimatter detected on ISS could be generated by cosmic “fireballs”

  msn.com - Tibi Puiu

  In 2016, physicists were amazed when they detected antimatter versions of helium nuclei in an experiment aboard the International Space Station …