We breathe oxygen and nitrogen gas in our atmosphere every day, but did you know that these gases …
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For millions of years, giant animals or megafauna, like giant kangaroos in Australia, roamed the lands that are …
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Environment
Rogue Waves in the Ocean Are Much More Common Than Anyone Suspected
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWe used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as …
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Environment
Australian ‘Bush Glass’ Bears the Fingerprints of a Cosmic Collision With an Iron Meteorite
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesHow Earth and the other planets of the solar system formed and evolved over the eons is a …
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Space
We Saw One of the Most Powerful Magnets in the Universe Come to Life
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAfter a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to …
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Science
Why Your High-School Textbook Was Wrong About the Shape of Earth’s Orbit
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIf you’ve ever been taught about how Earth orbits around the Sun, you might well think our planet …
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Space
We Went Looking for Glowing Interstellar Gas — and Stumbled on 49 Unknown Galaxies
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesStars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this …
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Space
A Cosmic ‘Speed Camera’ Just Revealed the Staggering Speed of Neutron Star Jets
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesHow fast can a neutron star drive powerful jets into space? The answer, it turns out, is about …
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How stable are planetary systems? Will Earth and its seven siblings always continue in their steady celestial paths, …
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Space
What Ended the ‘Dark Ages’ in the Early Universe — Solving the Mystery
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAbout 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the cosmos was a very dark place. The glow of the …