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Mysterious NASA Mars photo fuels wild claim of a lost civilization on the Red Planet

An image of Mars taken by NASA has sparked theories that the agency captured ruins of a lost civilization on the Red Planet.

Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules
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The camera-maker says it is now re-evaluating the rules and procedures of its Small World in Motion contest.

System-wide outage hits Southwest Airlines as departures reportedly halted across US
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The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

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