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41 light-years away, the exoplanet is known as [LHS 475 b](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/world/webb-telescope-exoplanet-scn/index.html) and takes two Earth days to orbit around its star once.

**A planet outside the solar system**

James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a potentially habitable exoplanet. What is an exoplanet?

American foulbrood is a type of highly contagious bacteria that can wipe out entire bee colonies once affected. According to the New York Times, the [vaccine](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/science/honeybee-vaccine.html) is transmitted via food, not a tiny bee-sized needle.

**It immunizes bees against American foulbrood**

The US Department of Agriculture approved the first-ever vaccine for bees. What does the vaccine treat?

After learning that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were a huge driver of ozone damage, "consumer boycotts, political action, a major international treaty called the Montreal Protocol, and a huge investment in new technologies to replace CFCs in all their commercial and industrial uses" brought new CFC prodcution to a halt in the 1990s and early 2000s, Kelsey Piper [writes for Vox](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22686105/future-of-life-ozone-hole-environmental-crisis-united-nations-cfcs). This swift, international campaign to ban CFCs have set the ozone on a path to almost total restoration.

**It shields us from dangerous amounts of sun**

That huge hole in our ozone is projected to close almost completely within the next four decades. Why do we need Earth's ozone layer?

In _Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,_ Bassett played Ramonda, the grief-stricken Queen and mother of the late T'Challa. “We showed the world what Black love looked like,” Bassett [said in her acceptance speech](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/anthonyrobledo/angela-bassett-marvel-golden-globes-black-panther). “We just made history with this award.”

**Angela Bassett**

Who is the first actor to win a Golden Globe for a role in the Marvel cinematic universe?

Osaka [announced her pregnancy](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annabetts/naomi-osaka-pregnant) days after withdrawing from this year's Australian Open.  
"I know that I have so much to look forward to in the future, one thing I'm looking forward to is for my kid to watch one of my matches and tell someone, 'that's my mom', haha. 2023 will be a year that'll be full of lessons for me, and I hope I'll see you guys in the start of the next one cause I'll be at Aus 2024," she said in a statement posted to her [Twitter](https://twitter.com/naomiosaka/status/1613223970891010049/photo/2), attached with a photo of a sonogram.

**Naomi Osaka**

She's a four-time Grand Slam tennis champion. This week, she announced that she's pregnant with her first child. Who is she?

Mo and Lee Thompson, the husband-and-wife duo behind Mo Mountain Mutts, walk and train dogs together — after collecting them on a [canine minibus](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/01/10/alaska-dog-bus-mo-mountain-mutts/), the Washington Post reports. If you haven't seen their [viral dog commute videos](https://www.tiktok.com/@mo_mountain_mutts/video/7182290180546612522?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en) yet, what are you waiting for???

**Driving a busload of dogs every day**

What is Mo Mountain Mutts in Skagway, Alaska, best known for?

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