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Astronomers Discover 18 Earth-Sized Planets Beyond Our Solar System
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), the Georg August University of Göttingen, and the Sonneberg Observatory have discovered 18 Earth-sized…
Harvard Scientist Connects the Dots in Fin-to-Limb Evolution
Strange Martian Mineral Deposit Likely From Volcanic Ash
Comet Discovery Reopens Debate About The Origin of Earth’s Water
Scientists Believe Pluto May Have a Hidden Subsurface Ocean
Juno Discovers Changes in Jupiter’s Magnetic Field
Electron Beam Manipulates Atoms One at a Time
Chandra Discovers New Signal for Neutron Star Collision
Artificial Intelligence Accelerates Development of Limitless Fusion Energy
Hubble Reveals Galaxy Blazing With New Stars Born From Close Encounter
The irregular galaxy NGC 4485 shows all the signs of having been involved in a hit-and-run accident with a bypassing galaxy. Rather than destroying the…
Scientists Reveal Massive Collision in the Milky Way’s Past
Our Milky Way galaxy has probably collided or otherwise interacted with other galaxies during its lifetime; such interactions are common cosmic occurrences. Astronomers can deduce…
Study Reveals What Drives Social Bond Between Offspring and Caregivers
What drives the social bond between offspring and caregivers in the first few days of life? A Yale-led team of researchers has found clues in…
NASA Publishes First Kuiper Belt Flyby Science Results
NASA’s New Horizons mission team has published the first profile of the farthest world ever explored, a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object called…
Astrophysicists Publish a ‘Survival Guide’ for Exoplanets
Small, hardy planets packed with dense elements have the best chance of avoiding being crushed and swallowed up when their host star dies, new research…
Cancer Drug Stops Cancer Cells from Repairing Their DNA
According to researchers at Yale Cancer Center, a cancer drug thought to be of limited use possesses a superpower of sorts: It is able to…
Our Moon is Shrinking, Generating Wrinkles and Moonquakes
The Moon is shrinking as its interior cools, getting more than about 150 feet (50 meters) skinnier over the last several hundred million years. Just…
Hubble Image of the Week – Settling Into Old Age
NGC 3384, visible in this image, has many of the features characteristic of so-called elliptical galaxies. Such galaxies glow diffusely, are rounded in shape, display…
Scientists Show Gravitational Waves Leave Detectable Mark
Gravitational waves, first detected in 2016, offer a new window on the universe, with the potential to tell us about everything from the time following…
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