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Several video game updates have emerged, including a hands-on look at Astroneer's co-op extraction mode, a new RPG called Signet City where players control a brain fungus, and a detailed visual overview of Grand Theft Auto 6's Vice City. Additionally, Amazon has outlined its strategy for succeeding in the gaming industry, emphasizing titles like Tomb Raider and 007, and its Prime Video service, while downplaying other ventures. AI

A new astrophysics paper challenges previous interpretations of the Milky Way's thick disk formation history. Researchers found that using asteroseismic ages instead of spectroscopic ages significantly flattens the age-metallicity relation and widens the estimated formation timescale. The study suggests that a compression in stellar age estimates, rather than an intrinsically rapid formation, may be responsible for earlier conclusions of a bursty history. AI