On September 28, 2018, in Beijing, China, people left behind the headquarters of the central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING – The Chinese government at the center is making it clear that fintech companies like Ant Ant Group come under the same strict …
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January 26, 2021 – The second oldest person to travel in space on the crew of the first full-private orbital space mission, the second Israeli in space, the 11th Canadian to fly in space and the first former NASA astronaut to return to the International Space Station, the company behind …
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Read More »Dissecting the anatomy of the planetary nebula using the Hubble Space Telescope
On the left is an image of the gem bug nebula (NGC 7027) captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2019 and released in 2020. Further analysis by the researchers produced an image of RGB on the right, showing extinction due to dust, such as the relative strength of two …
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