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New Mars Theory Questions Red Planet’s Watery Past
In the past decade, astronomers have observed clay materials on Mars that seem to indicate large bodies of water...
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Cosmic Lithium in the Early Universe
Astrophysicists have explored a discrepancy between the amount of lithium predicted by the standard models of elemental production during...
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When Did the Universe Have the Right Stuff for Planets?
To build a planet you need lots of rubble and that means lots of heavy elements – stuff more...
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Building Blocks of Life Found Around Young Star
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has spotted sugar molecules in the gas surrounding...
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Evidence Suggests Quasicrystals Have Extra-Terrestrial Origins
Results from an expedition to far eastern Russia that set out to find the origin of naturally occurring quasicrystals...
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Solar System Ice: Source of Earth’s Water
Scientists have long believed that comets and, or a type of very primitive meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites were the...
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Can Higgs Research Be Used to Transport Matter or Bend Time?
A century after Albert Einstein came up with his theories of relativity, a constellation of Global Positioning System satellites...
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A Closer Look at the Higgs Boson
Scientists working at the world’s biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle...
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“It’s a Boson:” Higgs Quest Bears New Particle
Scientists at Europe’s CERN research centre have found a new subatomic particle, a basic building block of the universe,...
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Cassini Finds Likely Subsurface Ocean on Saturn Moon
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have revealed Saturn’s moon Titan likely harbors a layer of liquid water under its...