Mars is about to disappear for 2 weeks. Here's why.

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The Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft captured this high-definition image of Mars.

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Worried about Western jets, Russia is likely to risk its early warning planes near the front lines to give its formidable S-400s an edge, intel says

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A Beriev A-50 early warning and control aircraft flies over the Kremlin and Red Square in downtown Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, May 9, 2020.
A Beriev A-50 early warning and control aircraft flies over the Kremlin and Red Square in downtown Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, May 9, 2020.

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Donald Trump, ungagged, is right back to attacking his fraud trial's law clerk

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Donald Trump giving a monologue to journalists in the hallway outside the courtroom of his fraud trial.

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Researchers rediscovered a spiky, beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough that hasn't been seen for 60 years and was thought to be extinct

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Photo of a long-beaked Attenborough echidna taken at night.
The long-beaked echidna was feared to be extinct.

Cyclops Expedition, 2023.

Lawmakers in Congress can't work together — and aviation experts say it's making it harder to keep the skies safe

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: A United Airlines lands as the other planes are taxiing to take-off at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on September 15, 2022.
Aviation experts said the current level of safety is "unsustainable."

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The same guys who helped Trump's campaign investigate Hunter Biden were paid off by Russians, Ukrainian prosecutors allege

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Donald Trump in an elevator of Trump Tower.

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Sailors have created a shared heavy metal playlist on Spotify to blast at orcas threatening their boats

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Orcas — like the one seen here at Loro Parque zoo in Spain — have been bumping into boats near Portugal and Spain.
Orcas — like the one seen here at Loro Parque zoo in Spain — have been bumping into boats near Portugal and Spain.

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A school superintendent suddenly resigned after Democrats took over — and he's getting a $712,000 severance package

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Outgoing Central Bucks superintendent Abram Lucabaugh
Outgoing Central Bucks superintendent Abram Lucabaugh is resigning and getting a $710,000 severance deal.

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The last time there was a fight in the Senate, they changed the rules to ban calling each other corrupt

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Senators John McLaurin (left) and Ben Tillman (right).

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Scientists used a galaxy cluster that warps space-time as a giant magnifying glass to find 2 distant galaxies

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James Webb Space Telescope's view of Pandora's Cluster.

NASA, ESA, CSA, Ivo Labbe (Swinburne), Rachel Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh)

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