Soyal Khan

The Largest Known Star, UY Scuti, Discovered By German Astronomers In 1860, Is In The Milky Way Galaxy, ~9500 Ly From Earth. It’s 1700x The Radius Of Our Sun. Stars Like UY Scuti Are Rare Due To Their Shorter Lifespan (In Millions), Unlike Those That Last For Billions Of Years. The Smallest Star, EBLM J0555-57Ab, Is About Saturn’s Size.

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New Research Suggests That Skilled Painters Like Da Vinci And Rembrandt Intentionally Used Egg Yolk In Oil Paintings Due To Its Beneficial Properties, Including Protection Against Humidity, Viscosity, And Its Antioxidant Effects. This Discovery Sheds Light On Art History And Offers Insights For Better Preservation & Conservation Of Artwork.

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Fremont, CA Is The Happiest City In The USA, For The 2nd Year In A Row, In A Wallethub Ranking Of 182 Cities Based On 30 Factors Like Emotional & Physical Well-Being, Income, And Environment. San Jose, CA; Madison, WI; Overland Park, KS; And San Francisco, CA Rounded Out The Top 5. California Dominated The List, While Detroit Ranked Last.

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Nadia Kahf Has Become The First Hajiba Wearing Judge In New Jersey After Her New Jersey Superior Court Appointment. But Carolyn Walker-Dialo Is The First Hijab-Wearing Judge In The US After Her Appointment As A Civil Court Judge In NY In 2015. Many Muslims Serve As Judges In The US, But These Women Are The Only Ones Known To Wear Hijab.

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Scientists Can Observe Oceanic Crust Forming In The East African Rift Valley As The Valley Continues To Mature, With Further Splits, From Its Relatively Early Stage Of A Plate Boundary Divergence. The Rift, In 5 -10 Myrs, Could Give Rise To Coastlines In Countries Like Kenya And Uganda, As Eastern Africa Separates From The Rest Of The African Continent.

French Bulldog, For The First Time In 31 Years, Has Been Ranked As The Most Favorite Dog In The USA, Surpassing The Labrador Retrievers. The Rank Was Done By The American Kennel Club Based On Data From 716,500 Voluntary Registrations From Dog Owners. The 3rd, 4th, And 5th Positions Went To Golden Retrievers, German Shepherds, And Poodles.

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The World’s First Cataract Surgery On Penguins Was Done, By Mandai Wildlife Group, On 6 Geriatric Penguins That Reside At Singapore’s Jurong Bird Park, A Popular Tourist Attraction That Houses Some 5,000 Birds. The Cloudy Lens, In A 2.5 Hours Surgery Per Penguin, Were Replaced With Lenses Manufactured In Germany To Fit Each Penguin’s Eye.

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Researchers Have Discovered That A Hydrogen Consuming Enzyme, Huc, Found In Soil Bacteria, Could Generate Electricity From Air. The Study Also Revealed That Huc Could Be Stored For A Long Time At Freezing Temperature Or Up To 80 oC Without Losing Its Electric Generating Power–Making It A Potential GroundBreaking Source Of Clean Energy.

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An Olympic Swimming Pool-Sized Asteroid, 2023 DW, Has A Small, 1 In 560, Chance Of Impacting Earth On Feb 14, 2046, According To Nasa. It Is Estimated To Fly Pass Earth At A Distance Of ~1.1m Miles, Making It The Only Space Rock On Nasa’s Risk List To Rank 1 On The Torino Impact Hazard Scale—Indicating An Unlikely Risk For An Impact.

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Researchers, Including NASA Scientists, Using Satellite Imagery And AI To Map ~10 Billion Trees, Carried Out The First Comprehensive Estimate Of Tree Carbon Density In The Drylands Of Africa. The Study Estimates ~0.84 Billion Metric Tons Of Carbon—A Data That Is Essential For, E.g., Understanding Global Carbon Cycle And Climate Change Projection.