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A year that lasts only 17.5 hours on ‘Hell Planet’
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Oldest DNA sequenced to date shows mastodons that once roamed warmer Greenland
Zoom in / An attempt to reconstruct what northern Greenland looked like about two million years…
The new kilonova has astronomers rethinking what we know about gamma ray bursts
Zoom in / Artist’s impression of GRB 211211A. Kilonova explosion and gamma ray on the right.…
“You Don’t Want to Miss This”: How to View the Mars Lunar Occultation
A close-up of what it would look like for Mars to disappear behind the Moon on…
Plesiosaurus: Fossil hunters in Australia have discovered a 100-million-year-old skeleton
CNN – Researchers have hailed the discovery of a giant 100-million-year-old marine reptile skeleton in Australia…
Detecting dark matter using quantum computers
In a new breakthrough, scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Fermilab have found a way…
A massive mantle plume is pushing up the surface of Mars
Artist’s impression of an active mantle plume – a large mass of warm, buoyant rock –…
‘Dynamic levitation’ trick can accelerate spacecraft through interstellar space: ScienceAlert
Sailing to the stars on a human scale can be a matter of choosing the right…
Construction begins on the Square Kilometer Array Radio Telescope
The world’s largest radio broadcasterThe elescope is officially under construction in Australia, where work is underway…