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Astronomers Measure a Black Hole for the First Time
Astronomers have found a way to measure the size of a black hole. Supermassive black holes reside at the...
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Desert Climate in Western U.S. Influenced By Ancient Water Cycle
The climate change we are currently experiencing, while disconcerting and increasingly uncomfortable, is not unprecedented when viewed through the...
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Curiosity Rover Steps Right Into Ancient Riverbed on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found evidence that the area in Gale crater it is traveling through once had vigorously...
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First Images of Particle Jets at Edge of a Supermassive Black Hole
Supermassive black holes appear to occupy the center of almost all galaxies. When they are actively swallowing matter, these...
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Ancient Statue Discovered By Nazis Is Made From Meteorite
An ancient Buddhist statue that was recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s was originally carved from a...
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Japanese Scientists Claim First Synthesis of Element 113
A group of Japanese scientists announced that they have finally synthesized the elusive element 113, which has been called...
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Indo-Australian Tectonic Plate Is Breaking in Pieces
An 8.7 earthquake that struck west of Indonesia on April 11 was the biggest of its kind ever recorded...
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Hubble Captures Extraordinary View of Universe
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has produced one of its most extraordinary views of the Universe to date. Called...
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Earth Life May Have Come From Fragments of Other Planets
Microorganisms that crashed to Earth embedded in the fragments of distant planets might have been the sprouts of life...
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Ocean Bacteria Colonized Land 2.75 Billion Years Ago
Researchers at the University of Washington have determined that “some” microbial life migrated from the Earth’s oceans to land...