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Over the past 30 years, mass shootings have fueled calls for changes in gun ownership and…

Scientists develop new material for longer-lasting fuel cells

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China's Tianwen-1 Mars rover rockets away from Earth

The Asian country’s first surface mission to the Red Planet heads out on a Long March…

US Defense Dept Improves ‘Ready for Issue’ Rate for F-35 Parts

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China is sending its first rover to Mars with the Tianwen-1 mission

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PIA23988: Five Ganymedes

           Target: Ganymede Mission:  Juno Instrument:  JIRAM Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM Click here for original…

PIA23987: Ganymede's North Pole with Gridlines

           Target: Ganymede Mission:  Juno Instrument:  JIRAM Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM Click here for original…