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NASA Probe Finds Tons of Oxygen Spewing From Ocean Moon

Plus: A startup trying to de-extinct the woolly mammoth made a stem cell breakthrough.

Gizmodo Staff

Published March 9, 2024, 10:25 am ET

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In our top science stories this week, data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft helped scientists calculate how much oxygen is being produced on the intriguing Jovian moon Europa (enough for a million humans to breathe a day, according to the study). Back on Earth, a German man got 217 covid-19 shots and is apparently doing just fine. Click through for more. – Rose Pastore

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