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<\/a>(National Aeronautics and Space Administration public domain photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cOptimistic People Shown to Sleep Better and Longer\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No wonder<\/em> that I\u2019m sleeping better and better these days!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a trio of rather jovial science stories:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cJupiter\u2019s Great Red Spot Is Behaving Strangely: For a time, it looked as though the planet\u2019s defining feature might be on the verge of extinction.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cJupiter, Saturn and the moon to line up in night sky this week\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSomething Big Just Slammed Into Jupiter\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n ***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n And now a bit more astronomical news:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAstronomers uncover \u2018invisible\u2019 massive ancient galaxies\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cGiant, active galaxies from the early universe may have finally been found: The behemoths date to within 2 billion years after the Big Bang\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cTelescope captures cosmic Seagull Nebula in flight\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cA 3-D map of stars reveals the Milky Way\u2019s warped shape: Scientists used thousands of stars called Cepheids to trace the galaxy\u2019s structure\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cStars may keep spinning fast, long into old age: The idea that older stars continually slow their rotation may be wrong\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n