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“Every one of our conclusions, every one of our recommendations, was unanimously agreed to by our team,” Hill said. “We went through a lot of effort, arguing sentence by sentence, … Read More
For the first time, astronomers have successfully detected an astrosphere surrounding a sunlike star. This discovery, announced at the 25 Years of Science with Chandra symposium on December 3, 2024, … Read More
Zealandia, considered a candidate for the Earth’s eighth continent, was mostly lost to the sea. Geologists say they’ve now mapped the entire nearly two million square miles of the underwater … Read More
Lizards are ancient creatures. They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct. We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they … Read More
Using data from NASA’s now-defunct Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the dwarf planet Ceres, the second wettest body in the solar system after Earth, could have an interior reserve … Read More
Researchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and UC Irvine have developed a drone capable of landing and taking off in areas that would otherwise leave … Read More
An enormous great white shark recently killed on a drumline in Queensland, Australia, will be used to help researchers discover more about the species. The gigantic female was only slightly … Read More
Designated as 2024 PT5, this celestial visitor caught the attention of astronomers in September 2023. Initially thought to be a run-of-the-mill asteroid, further analysis has revealed its unique characteristics. The … Read More
At the heart of this celestial mystery lie Earth-sized ovals visible only in ultraviolet (UV) light. These dark spots, embedded in stratospheric haze layers, appear and vanish seemingly at random. … Read More
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