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China's lunar probe has successfully returned the first ever samples taken from the far side of the Moon to Earth.On June 1, Chang'e 6 touched down softly near the Lunar South Pole. This was the second time China achieved this feat, and they remain the only nation to have done so.                         IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.While there, the lander delivered a payload for the European Space Agency (ESA): a negative ion detector, which has already detected negative ions as they're kicked up as secondary particles from the lunar surface."These observations on the Moon will help us better understand the surface environment and act as a pathfinder to explore negative ion populations in other airless bodies in the Solar System," Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface principal investigator Martin Wieser said in a statement, "from planets to asteroids and other moons."But the main purpose of the mission is to return the first samples from the far side of the Moon, and that's what the China National Space Administration (CNSA) achieved on Tuesday, landing in the Inner Mongolia desert. The Moon is tidally locked to Earth, meaning that its rotation speed around its own axis matches the time it takes to orbit around the Earth. This is true of most planet-Moon systems where the planet is much larger than the Moon in question and close enough to it, as the smaller body's rotation speed is altered as it orbits the planet with much more mass until they are in sync.Often referred to as the "dark side" of the Moon, the far side actually receives about the same amount of sunlight. But there are notable differences between the two sides, which we realized after the onset of space travel.                   IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.Though heavily cratered, the far side of the Moon does not have the deep basins and "lunar seas" seen on the near side, and its crust was measured to be thicker by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission in 2012. It also, weirdly, appears to be more conductive.There are a number of theories as to why the sides should be so different, including that there were originally two Moons orbiting Earth which collided early in the Earth's history, and that a dwarf planet collided with a smaller Earth moon later on. Zongyu Yue, a geologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told Chinese media outlet the South China Morning Post that the samples are hoped to answer “one of the most fundamental questions in lunar research – what geologic activity is responsible for the differences between the two sides [of the Moon]."Though the far side of the Moon has been studied from orbit, there is nothing like getting your hands on samples. Hopefully, they will answer questions about how the Moon formed, while scientists also hope that the samples could contain water, oxygen, and hydrogen, which could be harvested during further exploration.

Two studies have taken a closer look at the mysterious stars surrounding our galaxy's black hole, confirming that they are a lot younger than we expected, are highly organized, and are possibly "immortal" thanks to being continuously replenished by dark matter.About 30 years ago, astronomers discovered stars moving around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.These stars – designated S stars – zip around the supermassive black hole at incredible velocities. Any object that falls into the black hole becomes invisible to us, as not even light can escape the immense gravity that made the star (or perhaps cloud of interstellar dust) collapse in the first place."Its vicinity, however, contains a fairly high density of stars [...], including one big star – about 15 times the mass of the Sun and seven times its radius – which was recently found to go around the center with an orbital period of only 15.2 years," NASA explains of one of these objects. "That star, designated S2 by astronomers, follows an ellipse which at its closest comes within about 124 astronomical units (1 AU=mean Sun-Earth distance) of the center of the galaxy [...]. At that time it speeds up to about 5,000 [kilometers per second; 3,100 miles per second] – close to 2 percent of the velocity of light."What is particularly puzzling about these stars is that they appear younger than we would expect. In a new study, researchers from Europe looked at a dozen young stellar objects (YSOs) discovered in the region of the black hole, finding a further puzzle.“Interestingly, these YSOs exhibit the same behaviour as S stars. This means that the YSOs circumnavigate the supermassive black hole with speeds of several thousand kilometres per second in a few years,” Dr Florian Peißker from the University of Cologne’s Institute for Astrophysics and corresponding author of the study explained in a statement. “The S stars were found to be surprisingly young. According to conventional theories, the additional presence of a stellar kindergarten composed of YSOs is completely unexpected."Though these objects appear like a chaotic swarm of bees, studying their orbit the team found patterns and formations to it.“This means that there are specific preferred star constellations," Peißker added. "The distribution of both star variations resembles a disc which gives the impression that the supermassive black hole forces the stars to assume an organized orbit."Though more observations need to be made, the team proposes a few explanations."The pattern of the dusty sources manifested in the distribution of the position angles, inclinations, and longitudes of the ascending node strongly suggests two different scenarios: the main-sequence stars and the dusty stellar S-cluster sources share a common formation history or migrated with a similar formation channel in the vicinity of Sgr A*," the team wrote in their paper. "Alternatively, the gravitational influence of Sgr A* in combination with a massive perturber, such as a putative intermediate mass black hole in the IRS 13 cluster, forces the dusty objects and S-stars to follow a particular orbital arrangement."In a second paper, aimed at explaining why S stars appear to be so young, another team proposes that they can become "immortal" as they move through dark matter and capture it, and are then powered by dark matter collisions."The dark matter density in these stars continuously replenishes, granting these stars immortality and solving multiple stellar anomalies," the authors write in their not yet peer-reviewed paper. "Upcoming telescopes could detect the dark main sequence, offering a new dark matter discovery avenue."The first paper is published in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The second paper is posted on preprint server arXiv.

For the second year in a row, Vice President Kamala Harris sought out a T-ball interview on MSNBC to mark the anniversary of the demise of Roe v. Wade. Last year, it was Joy Reid, this year, it was Mika Brzezinski on Monday’s Morning Joe. In both cases, Harris was joined by pro-abortion advocates who helped paint a dystopian future. This year that included predictions that the women in your life will die if Donald Trump wins. Harris’s co-interviewee was Hadley Duvall, who is a pro-abortion activist who was raped when she was 12 by her stepfather. Brzezinski referenced her story when she fear-mongered about miscarriage care, “Hadley, miscarried. If that—if she needed care for that today, depending on where you live, you may not get it. It's been two years now since Roe was overturned and now we're dealing with the raw reality of that, which is women bleeding out in parking lots, on bathroom floors.”     Despite all the rhetoric, miscarriage care is not illegal and media fearmongering contributes to what Brzezinski claims to deplore. Still, Brzezinski asked, “I'm curious what your thoughts were when Roe was overturned and now what we do with the cases before us, like Idaho, if the Supreme Court goes with the state, are women able to get abortion care in ERs in Idaho? Are there going to be any other options?” Harris went on a long, rambling answer that lamented that “the highest court in our land just took a fundamental right that had been recognized from the people of America, from the women of America to make decisions about their own body. The notion of it all, that in this year of our Lord, 2024, the highest court in the United States of America would take such a fundamental freedom from its people?”   Abortion activist Hadley Duvall: “If you have a woman in your life … her life is at stake. It doesn’t matter if she is 12, 9, 34, you know, it really does not matter. If there is a woman who is in that reproductive age, then, you know, her life is at stake during this election.” pic.twitter.com/JuLFRMLPZJ — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 24, 2024   That abortion ends a life is a fact, but Harris tried to portray it as a mere religious opinion, “I think most people agree you don't have to abandon your faith. You don't have to abandon your faith or deeply-held beliefs that the government should not be telling women what to do with their bodies. If they choose, they will consult with their priest, their pastor, their rabbi, their imam, but not the government telling women what to do.” Brzezinski then turned to Duvall and simply asked, “What is at stake in this election?” Duvall began: So much, you know, if you have a woman in your life who means something to you, her life is at stake. It does not matter if she is 12, 9, 34, you know, it really does not matter. If there is a woman who is in that reproductive age, then, you know, her life is at stake during this election and it does not matter if you've never voted Democrat in your life, you know? It's get off your high horse because women, we don't get to choose, you know, a whole lot and you can at least choose who you can vote for and there is a lot of things that need to be worked on and, you know, we can't get it all done, but at the very least, we could get out of women's business when it involves their health care.” She also claimed that the belief that the unborn child is, in fact, a human being with rights, is just a religious opinion, “your religion shouldn't determine everybody's outcome because I don't believe that my God that I worship and that I've learned about all of my life would have ever wished something like that upon me.”     Later in the show, Brzezinski slightly changed topics as she worried about polling, “So let's talk about that contrast. President Biden and you have both warned that democracy is at stake in this election if Trump wins a second term, women's rights will continue to be decimated, that international alliances will be frayed. That's to say the least. That your work, rebuilding the middle class will be destroyed, that rights for minorities will be rolled back. If the contrast is so obvious, what's going on? Why does it poll so closely? Why is the race so close?” Harris replied by simply claiming that presidential elections are always close. Speaking of presidential elections, Morning Joe is doing their best to help the campaign as this interview comes six months after Brzezinski's similarly soft interview with First Lady Jill Biden. Here is a transcript for the June 24 show: MSNBC Morning Joe 6/24/2024 6:32 PM ET MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Hadley, miscarried. If that—if she needed care for that today, depending on where you live, you may not get it. It's been two years now since Roe was overturned and now we're dealing with the raw reality of that, which is women bleeding out in parking lots, on bathroom floors. I'm curious what your thoughts were when Roe was overturned and now what we do with the cases before us, like Idaho, if the Supreme Court goes with the state, are women able to get abortion care in ERs in Idaho? Are there going to be any other options? KAMALA HARRIS: Listen, first of all, I will say let's really be clear how we got here, because the former president hand-selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Roe v. Wade and they did exactly as he intended. And in state after state, we are seeing what I call Trump abortion bans, including states that —   a six-week abortion ban, which tells you that these legislators clearly don't know how a woman's body works, or they don't care. In that, most women don't know they are pregnant in six weeks and to your point, Mika, you know, there are two, I think, coexisting issues here that are extremely important. One is the notion that the highest court in our land just took a fundamental right that had been recognized from the people of America, from the women of America to make decisions about their own body. The notion of it all, that in this year of our Lord, 2024, the highest court in the United States of America would take such a fundamental freedom from its people? And understanding this is not just a matter that is for debate and discussion and intellectual conversation. The real harm that has occurred every day in America since that case was decided and these laws are being passed, to your point, we know the stories about women seeking care because they are going through a miscarriage and being turned away by an emergency room because the physicians there are afraid they’re going be put in jail. In a state like Texas, they provide prison for life for a healthcare provider doing their job and I don't think that —  I think when you look at this issue, I think most people agree you don't have to abandon your faith. You don't have to abandon your faith or deeply-held beliefs that the government should not be telling women what to do with their bodies. If they choose, they will consult with their priest, their pastor, their rabbi, their imam, but not the government telling women what to do. BRZEZINSKI: What is at stake in this election? HADLEY DUVALL: So much, you know, if you have a woman in your life who means something to you, her life is at stake. It does not matter if she is 12, 9, 34, you know, it really does not matter. If there is a woman who is in that reproductive age, then, you know, her life is at stake during this election and it does not matter if you've never voted Democrat in your life, you know?  It's get off your high horse because women, we don't get to choose, you know, a whole lot and you can at least choose who you can vote for and there is a lot of things that need to be worked on and, you know, we can't get it all done, but at the very least, we could get out of women's business when it involves their health care.  And I've always said, you know, I'm pro-minding your own business. Live your religion, live it, live it loudly, but don't expect your religion to make the laws and that’s like, you know, your religion should be lived through and through, whether that is the law or not. However you came up, however you want to live your religion, it shouldn't be forced on anybody else. And, you know, it shouldn't -- your religion shouldn't determine everybody's outcome because I don't believe that my God that I worship and that I've learned about all of my life would have ever wished something like that upon me. … 7:19 AM ET BRZEZINSKI: So let's talk about that contrast. President Biden and you have both warned that democracy is at stake in this election— HARRIS: Yeah. BRZEZINSKI: — that if Trump wins a second term, women's rights will continue to be decimated, that international alliances will be frayed. That's to say the least. That your work, rebuilding the middle class will be destroyed, that rights for minorities will be rolled back. If the contrast is so obvious, what's going on? Why does it poll so closely? Why is the race so close? HARRIS: These races are always close. It's the election of the president of the United States, and everyone in an election for president of the United States will critically examine all of the issues and make a decision, but at the end of the day we're going to win. We're going to win.

“Joe Biden lacks character” and “a moral basis,” says Mark Levin. But you already knew that. What you might not know, however, is who raised our president to be this way. We’re not talking about his familial lineage, though. We’re talking about the people who molded him into the man we fervently pray doesn’t win a second term. “Joe Biden was raised essentially in the United States Senate,” where it’s customary to “wheel and deal,” “propagate arguments,” and “use rhetoric” to push agendas, says Mark Levin. According to him, this the job of a senator: “You run TV ads when you're running for office that smear your opponents and lie about who you are and twist words.” “You raise enough money where they really can't keep up with your lies.” “You make deals with union members in Wilmington in order to carry the rest of the state.” “You pass whatever legislation you have to to have this army of supporters, whether it's the NEA, AFT, the AFL-CIO.” “You throw in with the racists and the segregationists early in your career because you really need the white vote.” “When the state turns more and more minority and less and less white majority, you switch sides. Now, you're a bigot who attacks the founding of the nation, who insists that there's no equality.” Sound familiar? “There's a whole sick level of experience going on here that is now projected onto Israel,” Levin says. That’s why Biden “[gives] support to Iran,” “withholds weapons from [Israel],” is “prolonging the war by giving [Gaza] aid,” and demanding that Israel “[divides the] country up and give part of it to the enemy.” Want more from Mark Levin?To enjoy more of "the Great One" — Mark Levin as you've never seen him before — subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old Houston girl, was brutally murdered on June 17. A pair of illegal aliens from Venezuela who stole into the nation under the Biden administration's watch allegedly lured the girl under a bridge, stripped her, tied her up, subjected her to hours of sexual torment, strangled her, then tossed her lifeless body in a swampy creek near the North Freeway. Nungaray's body was found by Billie Jackson, who was driving home from dropping off her husband. Jackson told KTRK-TV, "I drove past, and when I looked up the creek, I thought it was a mannequin. I did a U-turn, and I stopped on the bridge, put my flashers on, looked down, and realized it was someone. I parked right here and called 911 immediately." The Houston Police Department confirmed Thursday that suspects Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Pena, 26, — whom the Associated Press was apparently keen not to identify as illegal aliens — were charged with capital murder in the 232nd State District Court. Nungary's suspected killers. (Houston Police Department) Nungaray, whose committal service is scheduled for Thursday, is one of the latest in a seemingly interminable series of American innocents victimized by foreign nationals whom the Biden administration has failed to keep out or send packing. Earlier this month, an illegal alien from Ecuador who stole into the country months after Biden took power reportedly came upon two teens hanging out in Queens park, drew a "large machete-style knife," then forced them to a remote area of the park, where he allegedly raped the young girl. Another illegal alien suspected of raping and murdering beloved Maryland mother of five Rachel Morin was also arrested this month. Harford County Sheriff Jeffery Gahler indicated there's a good chance Morin was not the illegal alien's first victim, reported WBFF-TV. Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have underscored who they believe is ultimately to blame for this grisly trend. "We have a new Biden Migrant Killing," Trump wrote on his platform. "It's only going to get worse, and it's all Crooked Joe Biden's fault. He's a disgrace to the Office of the President, he's a disgrace to America." Trump signaled interest in having Biden explain at Thursday's presidential debate "why he has allowed MILLIONS of people to come into our Country illegally!" Not including the month of June, over 1.69 million illegal aliens have already stolen across the southern border this fiscal year. Nearly 1 million of those were single adults. The Trump campaign echoed the candidate on X, noting, "The brutal murders of these Americans is on the hands of Biden — and the evil Biden migrants he released into our country." The House Committee on Homeland Security explained in a breakdown last week that the Biden administration set the stage for these kinds of murders and rapes by illegal aliens, in part, by ending "policies and practices that could have prevented these tragedies" such as the "remain in Mexico policy." The congressional committee also noted that the Biden administration's under-use of detention all but ensures that illegal aliens like Nungaray's suspected killers end up roaming the land, free of accountability. The committee further noted that the notion that illegal aliens crossing the border can be adequately vetted or screened is a sick joke with a frequently deadly punch line delivered at citizens' expense. Additionally, the committed stressed that the so-called "bipartisan Senate border bill" Biden frequently suggests would have served as a corrective would have done nothing to prevent these tragedies. Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said, "These tragedies could have been avoided if the Biden administration would simply enforce the laws they swore to uphold. It's truly that simple." Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a statement last week, "These men are illegal aliens and Jocelyn Nungaray would still be alive and with her family if not for Joe Biden’s open border policies. The Biden administration is directly responsible." Extra to advocating that both illegal aliens should receive the death penalty if found guilty, Cruz said that Nungaray's family deserves justice in the way of meaningful remedies to the problem of illegal immigration. "Joe Biden is out of excuses: He must reinstate Remain in Mexico and end catch-and-release immediately, or we will lose more innocent life. There is no time for half measures — we need to look at what works, and do it now," said Cruz. When the White House released what appeared to be template responses to the deaths of Morin and Nungaray, Tuberville wrote, "Shameful. Innocent people were murdered by illegal immigrants and the @WhiteHouse still REFUSES to accept responsibility." The Biden campaign has desperately attempted to displace blame, suggesting the fault instead lies with Biden's opponent, who has been out of office for years. "Donald Trump is making Americans less safe by blocking the border deal," Lauren Hitt, a Biden campaign spokeswoman, told NBC News. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An active Dutch soccer player stood up for three fans who were impersonating an iconic player and were accused of doing "blackface" in the process.During a game against Poland at the 2024 UEFA European Championships, three fans of the Netherlands painted their faces and wore wigs to imitate the look of former player Ruud Gullit, an iconic figure in Dutch soccer who was on the 1988 team that won the same tournament.The three men were criticized online for their portrayals of the soccer legend, with many subsequent media articles publicizing the appearance.However, the fans have not faced condemnation from the Dutch team with at least one of the players coming to their defense.Defender Nathan Ake, who also plays for one of the top teams in the world at Manchester City, was asked by a reporter to address the controversy during a recent press conference.'The last thing I want to do is hurt people and that's why I've decided to stop.'"[The] community has become quite angry about a number of lookalikes of Ruud Gullit with shoe polish on their face. What is your opinion about it, and especially Nathan who is often seen as a [look alike]," the reporter stated. Ake explained that the gesture didn't bother him."I don't see a problem," Ake said, according to SportBible. "Can I be honest here? These topics are getting out of hand, we should be allowing things like this to happen.""Ruud Gullit already said he finds it an honor too. Let's stop making a problem out of things like this," Ake added.Manager Ronald Koeman simply stated, "Yes, I agree."According to Dutch outlet De Telegraaf, Gullit himself said, "I actually feel honored," in reference to the fans.One of those fans was identified as Bart van de Ven; he was asked about the reactions his costume had garnered."Maybe I made a mistake or it's a blind spot," he said, according to Dutch News. The fan noted he wouldn't be dressing up any longer due to the reactions he got online, despite allegedly wearing the same costume at many major tournaments."The last thing I want to do is hurt people and that's why I've decided to stop.""I've had a lot of really nice responses as well, but clearly there is a group who feel differently," he continued."I have to respect that and listen to it. The last thing I want is for people to have a certain unpleasant association with my act," he said, referring to blackface.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Part of Kenya's parliament building was on fire Tuesday as thousands of protesters against a new finance bill entered and legislators fled, in the most direct assault on the government in decades. A paramedic reported a death toll of at least 10 individuals, while a Reuters...