Previous scientific studies have indicated that North American indigenous dog lineages were replaced with European ones between 1492 …
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Space
A Galactic ‘Comet’ Called Terzan 5 Just Illuminated a 100-Year-Old Puzzle About Cosmic Rays
by Troy OakesWhen my colleagues and I set to work on a century-old cosmic mystery, we found an unexpected celestial …
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Geoscientists from the University of Cologne have led an international study to determine the origin of the asteroid …
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Science Unmasked
The Altar Stone of Stonehenge Came From an Unexpectedly Distant Place, New Study Reveals
by Troy OakesDuring the solstices, thousands gather at Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain in England to celebrate the monument’s astronomical …
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Most familiar stars peacefully orbit the center of the Milky Way. However, citizen scientists working on NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet …
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Machine learning shed new light on the formation history of our Milky Way: a surprising discovery about the …
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Archaeology
Tiny Fossil Arm Bone Sheds Light on Evolution of Ancient Indonesian ‘Hobbits’
by Troy OakesWe have discovered rare and very old human fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly …
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The barely-there lunar atmosphere is likely the product of meteorite impacts over billions of years, a new study …
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A tiny fossil penguin plays a huge role in the evolutionary history of penguins, an international study shows. …
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Science
Australia’s Largest Iron Ore Deposits Are 1 Billion Years Younger Than We Thought
by Troy OakesIron ore is the key ingredient in steel production. One of the fundamental resources for the Australian economy, …