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'Ridiculously smooth': James Webb telescope spies unusual pancake-like disk around nearby star Vega — and scientists can't explain it

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming that it is not surrounded by any exoplanets, JWST images reveal. And scientists cannot explain its lack of alien worlds.

LiveScience

'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega has found a surprising lack of planets.

Space

St Andrews Links Collegiate Format, Which Teams Are Playing And How To Watch

The St Andrews Links Collegiate comes from the Jubilee Course and the Old Course – here are the essential details of the event

Golf Monthly

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Photographer Louis Carlos Bernal memorialized the barrios at the US-Mexican border

Louis Carlos Bernal, a Chicano photographer born in the Arizona border town of Douglas in 1941, invented a style of art photography that honored his Mexican American culture. In the process, he created an indelible record of life in Southwestern barrios – low-income, primarily Spanish-speaking neighborhoods – in the 1970s…

The Conversation

University of Vermont president picked to lead the University of Arizona

Suresh Garimella, president of the University of Vermont since 2019, has been selected to serve as the new leader of the University of Arizona

The Independent UK

The Link Between Pets And Health Is Massively Misunderstood

Plenty of people believe there’s something salubrious about caring for a pet, similar to eating veggies or exercising regularly. Is that true?

Inverse

UCLA, Arizona University team up in an education initiative to empower Latino advocates

The course will focus on instructing policymakers to use U.S. Census data.

Latin Times

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Is Fido actually good for you?

Research suggesting that pet ownership improves health is largely funded by the pet care industry. Does it matter?

Salon

James Webb Space Telescope spots earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen

The galaxies date to just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

The Independent UK

Pro-Palestinian Protests Continue As Encampments Cleared From Three University Campuses

More than 2,800 people have been arrested or detained on campuses across the country.

International Business Times

Crackdowns intensify on pro-Palestine campus protests as hundreds arrested

Tensions continue after night of unrest at UCLA and Columbia, as New York mayor blames ‘outside agitators’ for escalation

The Guardian - US

Pluto's heart-shaped scar may offer clues to the frozen world's history

How Pluto's Sputnik Planitia formed remains unknown, but researchers have imagined a body about the size of Switzerland crashing into Pluto at a shallow angle.

Space

‘We are the guinea pigs’: Arizona mining project sparks concerns for air and water

South32’s project was fast-tracked by the Biden administration, but residents are worried about its impact on a fragile ecosystem

The Guardian - US

Rare OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample debuts at Space Center Houston

Move over, moon rocks! Space Center Houston has a new type of space stone in its showcase: a sample of the asteroid Bennu.

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Dan Hicks Facts: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The NBC Sports Golf Host

Here are 20 facts you may not be aware of about the long-standing NBC Sports golf host

Space

1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even be 'a fragment of an ancient ocean world'

Space.com caught up with two leading scientists now engaged in extracting and analyzing samples of asteroid Bennu retrieved by NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission.

Medical Daily

Should You Put The Toilet Lid Up Or Down While Flushing? Here's What A Study Says

The research team examined the spread of viral particles during toilet flushing in both scenarios — while the lids were open and closed. The study was conducted both in household and public toilets.

Marie Claire

“There’s This Underlying Idea That if I Make It, I’ll Be Everyone’s Ticket to Never Having to Worry”

As the daughter of immigrants, Sharon Pak—who was part of the founding teams behind ColourPop and Insert Name Here—was the first person in her family to become wealthy. Here, the beauty entrepreneur describes navigating that reality.

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Arizona's New Football Coach: Brent Brennan from San Jose State

Arizona has hired Brent Brennan as their next head football coach, replacing Jedd Fisch. Brennan, previously at San Jose State, brings a wealth of experien...

The Conversation

Scientists and space agencies are shooting for the Moon -- 5 essential reads on modern lunar missions

The year 2023 proved a big one for lunar science. India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed near the south pole of the Moon, a huge accomplishment for a country relatively new to the space scene, especially after its Chandrayaan-2 craft crashed in 2019.

WEKU

Children make up nearly half of Gaza's population. Here's what it means for the war

The population of Gaza is one of the youngest in the world. Here's why, what it means for this war, and what it means for the future.

Salon

Black holes may grow up in neighborhoods

The James Webb Space Telescope has completely revolutionized the search for galaxy neighborhoods

The Conversation

Powerful black holes might grow up in bustling galactic neighborhoods

As people, we are all shaped by the neighborhoods we grew up in, whether it was a bustling urban center or the quiet countryside. Objects in distant outer space are no different.

The Independent UK

Biden administration cancels loans for former Ashford U. students, with plans to recoup costs

The Biden administration is canceling $72 million in student loans for 2,300 borrowers who say they were cheated by Ashford University, a former for-profit college that was purchased by the University of Arizona in 2020

Golf Monthly

16 Things You Didn't Know About Natalie Gulbis

We get to know the American professional golfer better with these 16 facts.

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