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Hercules

[hur-kyuh-leez] / ˈhɜr kjəˌliz /






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The expedition used the remotely operated vehicle Hercules, which recorded extensive video footage that was later archived for public access and annotated by researchers at UH Mānoa.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

The U.S. was present in those areas during World War II, and currently flies Hercules C-130 military transport planes out of Kangerlussuaq for several months of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The Hercules bench set, composed of five seats made from the same slab of eucalyptus, $12,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Talking about the victims, but without mentioning the Hercules plane directly, he wrote: "This piece of scrap metal was bought in 2020 and came down, let's ask why".

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

This was exceedingly hard to do, because one of the heads was immortal and the others almost as bad, inasmuch as when Hercules chopped off one, two grew up instead.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Nova V1674 Herculis was one of the fastest ever recorded, rising and fading within days.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters at the Herculis EBS meeting in Monaco on July 21, two weeks before his final world championships appearance in London, organizers said on Wednesday.

From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2017

Bernard Lagat, a former Washington State standout, improved his American record in the 5,000 meters when he finished second in the Diamond League Herculis meet in Monaco.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2011

Therefore the doubling of the Nova Herculis lines indicated motions both toward Earth and away from Earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

The point to which the solar system is tending is marked by the sign of the earth below π Herculis.

From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Henry White Warren




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