South Africa Science News API

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            "title": "Comet Lemmon photos are plagued by satellite streaks. Here's how amateur astronomers face the problem",
            "description": "Astrophotographers explain why we don't see bright satellite trails covering long-exposure images of Comet Lemmon.",
            "content": "Recent months have seen space fans revel in a wealth of spectacular astrophotography depicting the evolution of Comet Lemmon's glowing coma and twisting tail as it journeyed through a Northern Hemisphere night sky swarming with satellites.\nWhile the ... [2973 chars]",
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            "content": "Recent epic leaps in genetics have created a biodiversity library. As the genetic make-up of animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and viruses has been mapped, researchers racing to develop solutions to today’s global challenges run into a question:\nWhy ... [3722 chars]",
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            "description": "In 1976, NASA's Viking landers searched for life on Mars. The Viking team announced Mars was lifeless — but the data was ambiguous.",
            "content": "Nearly 50 years ago, Klaus Biemann, a principal investigator for NASA’s Viking Mars landing mission, announced that, after careful study of data collected by the landers’ onboard instruments, they had detected no organic compounds on the Martian surf... [4419 chars]",
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