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Vikings Agree to Contract Extension with Head Coach Kevin O’Connell Vikings.comVikings, O'Connell agree to multiyear extension ESPNVikings, Kevin O’Connell strike long-term deal NBC SportsHead coach Kevin O'Connell agrees to multiyear contract extension with Vikings NFL.comVikings, head coach Kevin O’Connell agree to multiyear contract extension Star Tribune

Look up through the month for a dazzling parade of planets The Washington PostSeven planets are lining up in the sky next month. This is what it really means BBC.comPlanetary alignments aren’t rare, but 6 visible planets are. Here's how to see it. USA TODAYYou Can See 2025’s Best Planet Parade Starting January 18, When Six Planets Will Align Outside

First-Ever Documented Supersonic Winds Are Ripping Through This Exoplanet GizmodoAstronomers detect ferocious jet-stream winds on alien planet Reuters.comAn alien planet has winds that blow at 33,000 kilometres per hour New ScientistSupersonic winds discovered on alien planet baffle astronomers The IndependentAstronomers Detect Supersonic Winds for the First Time on Exoplanet Outside Our Solar System TechEBlog

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Dead geese at UMass test positive for bird flu WWLP.comBird flu suspected after dozens of Massachusetts geese found dead CBS BostonBird flu suspected culprit after more than 60 birds die in Plymouth Boston.com

'Our model of cosmology might be broken': New study reveals the universe is expanding too fast for physics to explain Livescience.comUniverse’s Expansion Defies Explanation: New Data Shatters Cosmological Models SciTechDailyHow 'quantum foam' may have inflated the early universe Space.comGravitational waves, not inflation, possibly caused the birth of galaxies Yahoo! VoicesThe Universe seems to be expanding fast.