Various astronomy news

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Have you seen the "unprocessed" images of Neptune by HST? It's a lot less blue than most of us thought it was, and turns out most Neptune photos that we used to see were enhanced contrast images:
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3761

(You don't have to read the entire thing (though I suggest it), but do look at image captions.)

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"China's Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made
The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01223-0
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