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Astronomers Study 2-Million-Light-Year ‘Extragalactic Afterburner’
Blasting over two million lights years from the centre of a distant galaxy is a supersonic jet of material...
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A Surprising Trend in Galaxy Evolution
NASA astronomers have discovered a stunning trend in galaxy evolution, according to a report from the space agency. The...
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Global Mobility: Science Mapped Out
A special issue of Nature examines the changing global landscape of research.
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Digging Up the Early Universe
Cosmologists are uncovering relics from the dawn of time, letting them look back almost all the way to the...
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“Lethally Hot” Earth Was Devoid of Life—Could It Happen Again?
Extinctions during the early Triassic period left Earth a virtual wasteland, largely because life literally couldn’t take the heat,...
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Prehistoric Human Populations Prospered Before Agricultural Boom
Researchers from China’s Fudan University have found major prehistoric human population expansions may have begun before the Neolithic period,...
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New Evidence Supports Impact Theory of Moon’s Creation
It’s long been theorized that the moon was created when a Mars-sized proto-planet slammed into the Earth. Unfortunately, though,...
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16 Million-Year-Old Springtail Hitchhiked on the Wings of Mayflies
Researchers at the University of Manchester say they have discovered a 16 million-year-old springtail hitchhiking on the wings of...
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Giant Strand of Elusive Dark Matter Seen in 3D
Astronomers have taken their first 3D look at a gigantic filament of dark matter, an invisible cosmic structure that...
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Scientists Identify Likely Origins of Vertebrate Air Breathing
University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have identified what they think is the ancestral trait that allowed for the evolution...