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Most extreme “rogue wave” ever recorded was unbelievably huge

Most extreme “rogue wave” ever recorded was unbelievably huge

Imagine you’re standing on the deck of a ship in the middle of the ocean. The waves are rough, but it’s the ocean, so you’re used to that feeling. Suddenly, a monstrous wall of water, two or even three times taller than all the other waves, rises up and crashes down – that’s a rogue wave. These surreal behemoths are …

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A Sixth Ocean Is Forming as East Africa Splits Apart

A Sixth Ocean Is Forming as East Africa Splits Apart

Since 2005, a 35-mile-long crack known as the East African Rift has been forming. In the scorching deserts of East Africa, the ground is slowly tearing itself apart — a slow-motion, geological drama. Over millions of years, the African continent will cleave in two, and scientists say a new ocean will one day fill the gap. The Afar region is …

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ExoMars parachutes ready for martian deployment

ExoMars parachutes ready for martian deployment

Science & Exploration 21/07/2025 1356 views 30 likes   The most complex parachute system to ever deploy on Mars has successfully slowed down an ExoMars mock-up landing platform for a safe touchdown on Earth. A stratospheric helium balloon lifted a dummy descent module and released it above the Arctic Circle at an altitude of nearly 30 km, triggering the deployment …

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Mysterious Object Orbits the Sun Once for Every 10 Neptune Orbits—But Why? – SciTechDaily

Mysterious Object Orbits the Sun Once for Every 10 Neptune Orbits—But Why?  SciTechDaily Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with Neptune: ‘Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song’  Yahoo Home Newly Discovered Space Rock Is Caught In A Unique 10:1 Dance With Neptune  IFLScience Mysterious object found dancing with Neptune  ScienceDaily Astronomers Just Unveiled a Mysterious Object in the Outer …

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What are these strange swirls around an infant star? ‘We may be watching a planet come into existence in real time’

What are these strange swirls around an infant star? ‘We may be watching a planet come into existence in real time’

Astronomers have seen what appears to be a forming planet carving out a complex pattern in a disk of gas and dust around a young star. The discovery of this spiral architect could help us better understand how planetary systems like the solar system came to be. The infant extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” is creating a spiral arm pattern in …

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