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</span></a></span></span><span class=mobilewrap><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'> (1/17)</span></span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'>  </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><a name=7435AE8F-69BA-4B64-99B4-9D11DEA8C84D></a><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 18.75pt 0in 18.75pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#3167C5'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#3167C5'><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiAyCifPauBWcNiRuP?format=multipart" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'>Mission Updates: Axiom Space's Ax-3 spaceflight</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:18.75pt'><span class=mobilewrap><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'>Space (1/16)</span></span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:#3167C5'>  </span><span style='color:#3167C5'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><a name=A9E3E5AE-2029-46C1-B227-94F1511D98DD></a><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border:none;border-top:solid #80A7C1 1.5pt'><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td style='border:none;padding:3.75pt 0in 1.5pt 18.75pt;height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Science & Astronomy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 18.75pt 22.5pt 18.75pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><a name=6170589F-BFCD-48BF-B784-00309976994D></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiAzCifPauBWcNuJHs?format=multipart" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;text-decoration:none'>Hubble Telescope reveals spies bright supernova's home</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='margin-right:11.25pt'><tr><td style='padding:4.5pt 11.25pt 2.25pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiAzCifPauBWcNuJHs" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=585 height=438 style='width:6.0937in;height:4.5625in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://cdn.smartbrief.com/images/stories/m/xk/7r/xk7rx19/potw2403a_w600.jpg" alt="Hubble Telescope reveals spies bright supernova's home"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=600 style='width:6.25in;padding:3.0pt 11.25pt 2.25pt 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666'>(ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Filippenko)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>The long-serving space telescope observed the supernova in a galaxy 150 million light-years away which released 2.5 billion times more energy than the sun. The space telescope, which has been observing the universe in infrared since 1990, has been studying this galaxy since 2010, with scientists using this investigation to learn more about a supernova that occurred in this galaxy over 150 million years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span class=mobilewrap><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Full Story: </span></b></span><span class=mobilewrap><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiAzCifPauBWcNuJHs?format=multipart" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Space</span></a></span></span><span class=mobilewrap><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'> (1/16)</span></span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'>  </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><a name=37D25E1D-831A-4B73-B93D-FC015B9CD03B></a><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border:none;border-top:solid #80A7C1 1.5pt'><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td style='border:none;padding:3.75pt 0in 1.5pt 18.75pt;height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 18.75pt 22.5pt 18.75pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><a name=BAF4860C-8295-4E4B-A9BC-D9E26BCCE804></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiACCifPauBWcNzoVq?format=multipart" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;text-decoration:none'>Space is a 'most essential' domain for US military</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='margin-right:11.25pt'><tr><td style='padding:4.5pt 11.25pt 2.25pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiACCifPauBWcNzoVq" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=585 height=390 style='width:6.0937in;height:4.0625in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://cdn.smartbrief.com/images/stories/m/1e/6x/1e6xpdm/x-37b_orbital_test_vehicle_unmanned__w600.jpg" alt="Space is a 'most essential' domain for US military"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=600 style='width:6.25in;padding:3.0pt 11.25pt 2.25pt 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666'>(U.S. DoD/Getty Images)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>U.S. military leaders keep stressing that space is the battlefield of the future. "Conflict is not inevitable in space or anywhere else, and the United States of America is committed to preventing conflict through deterrence," Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said this month.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span class=mobilewrap><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Full Story: </span></b></span><span class=mobilewrap><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiACCifPauBWcNzoVq?format=multipart" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Space</span></a></span></span><span class=mobilewrap><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'> (1/17)</span></span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'>  </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><a name=60195B1B-DCBF-4D9F-946A-2E52D710C8C6></a><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border:none;border-top:solid #80A7C1 1.5pt'><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td style='border:none;padding:3.75pt 0in 1.5pt 18.75pt;height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Search for Life<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 18.75pt 22.5pt 18.75pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><a name=8C9EDB7F-3648-446C-9091-239D623C584C></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiADCifPauBWcNzZgJ?format=multipart" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;text-decoration:none'>Will we ever be able to communicate with aliens?</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='margin-right:11.25pt'><tr><td style='padding:4.5pt 11.25pt 2.25pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiADCifPauBWcNzZgJ" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=585 height=390 style='width:6.0937in;height:4.0625in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://cdn.smartbrief.com/images/stories/m/wc/nr/wcnrrg5/moon-4229845_150jpg_w600.jpg" alt="Will we ever be able to communicate with aliens?"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=600 style='width:6.25in;padding:3.0pt 11.25pt 2.25pt 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666'>(Pixabay)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Biologists, anthropologists, linguists and other experts specializing in language and communication have begun to explore what non-human, off-Earth language might look like. It's called xenolinguistics: The science of extraterrestrial language. And it means more than learning how to say Qapla' in Klingon or E.T. phone home.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.75pt'><span class=mobilewrap><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Full Story: </span></b></span><span class=mobilewrap><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://r.smartbrief.com/resp/rDwTCKjdenDyBiADCifPauBWcNzZgJ?format=multipart" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Space</span></a></span></span><span class=mobilewrap><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'> (1/17)</span></span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'>  </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><a name=4C5DD69D-1D04-4ABE-9D24-8D4CFE726AF2></a><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border:none;border-top:solid #80A7C1 1.5pt'><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td style='border:none;padding:3.75pt 0in 1.5pt 18.75pt;height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Star Trek<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 widt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