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Roman's first correction used nine percent of its 200-kilogram allocation. NASA now projects enough propellant for at least 22 years, while stressing that later savings remain conditional.
Cassini's only close look at tiny Methone found no crater larger than about 130 metres. Its smooth shape points to an extraordinarily porous moon whose surface cannot preserve relief easily.
Earth's plumbing system may have begun working billions of years before we thought, with ancient volcanic rocks hinting that the planet was already recycling water deep underground during an era we assumed was geologically simpler.
The technology that made smartphone cameras possible started as a contrarian bet against the entire imaging industry's most powerful incumbents.
A bureaucratic blunder turned a $995 impulse buy into an $1.8 million windfall—if you can survive a government lawsuit claiming the moon dust was never yours to sell.
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