Large ice sheet ‘very close’ to breaking away from Antarctica

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Large ice sheet ‘very close’ to breaking away from Antarctica

CNN
(CNN) A rift in an Antarctic ice shelf will soon create one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, according to scientists. In the last six days, the rift in the Larsen C Ice Shelf has grown by 17 kilometers (10.5 miles).

Dragonfly, Meet Dragon: Timely Photo Juxtaposes Insect with SpaceX Rocket

Space.com
NASA photographer Bill Ingalls spotted a dragonfly near SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft atop a Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday (June 1).

An ancient Martian lake could have been teeming with lots of kinds of life

The Verge
Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater photographed by the Mars Curiosity rover. Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS. Once upon a time on Mars, there was a crater that had a massive lake that may have hosted life.

NASA is finally going to one of our solar system’s final frontiers: the sun

Quartz
With a probe still operating far beyond Pluto and other missions orbiting Saturn, Jupiter, Ceres, Mars, Earth, and the moon, NASA has eyes across the solar system like never before.

“Faceless” fish discovered during deep sea expedition off Australian coast

CBS News
While exploring the depths of a massive abyss off the coast of Australia over the weekend, a group of scientists came upon an odd-looking creature – a large, faceless fish.

Like ‘champagne bottles being opened’: Scientists document an ancient Arctic methane explosion

Washington Post
Nearly 12,000 years ago, a sudden burst of methane surged from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, leaving an array of gigantic craters in its wake.

Chemical cocktail found in Barrier Reef turtles

Phys.Org
Human medicines and household substances have been discovered in the blood of green turtles in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, researchers said Friday, highlighting the impact of man-made matter on marine life.

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