Surrounded by a vast ocean underneath a thick ice shell, Enceladus is a hot candidate for potentially harboring …
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Archaeology
Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Known Projectile Points in the Americas
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOregon State University archaeologists have uncovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older than any …
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Space
NASA Gets an Unusually Close Glimpse of a Black Hole Snacking on a Star
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesRecent observations of a black hole devouring a wandering star may help scientists understand more complex black hole-feeding …
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Meteorites aside, Earth started out with as much material as it has today. So why are most rocks …
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When NASA’s Mars rovers found manganese oxides in rocks in the Gale and Endeavor craters in 2014, the …
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Environment
Hawai’i Earthquake Swarm Caused by Magma Moving Through ‘Sills’
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesTiny earthquakes have been felt on the Big Island over the past seven years, in particular since the …
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When prehistoric people re-sharpened cutting tools 300,000 years ago, they dropped tiny chips of flint — which today …
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Red giants are dying stars in the advanced stages of stellar evolution, which have depleted the hydrogen in …
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Space
New Study Confirms the Light From Outside Our Galaxy Is Brighter Than Expected
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesScientists analyzed new measurements showing that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is two to three …
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A team led by UdeM astronomers has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are …