Archaeologists have identified a 4,000-year-old goldworking toolkit among the grave goods from an important Bronze Age burial site …
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A survey of the residual light in the night sky has uncovered an eerie, omnipresent glow spread throughout …
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An international team of astronomers has used data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to report the discovery …
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New ultra-precise measurements reveal the orbital path of planet 55 Cnc e (nicknamed “Janssen”), a scorchingly hot super-Earth …
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The fossilized remains of a prehistoric toothed bird that lived 67 million years ago are turning the bird …
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Space
James Webb Telescope Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere That Has Never Been Seen Before
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNASA’s space telescope has produced a molecular and chemical portrait of the atmospheric constituents of exoplanet WASP-39 b, …
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Space
James Webb Space Telescope Produces Unparalleled View of the Ghostly Light in Galaxy Clusters
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA recent study, entirely done by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has produced the …
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Environment
Methane Discovery Sheds New Light on World’s Largest Mass Extinction Event
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesMethane emissions created by volcanic activity burning buried fossil fuel deposits could have played a major role in …
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Environment
Death Valley’s Ubehebe Crater Reveals Volcanic Hazard Areas Are Underestimated
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen magma bubbles up toward Earth’s surface and meets groundwater, steam pressure builds, sometimes bursting into eruptions that …
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Archaeology
Ancient Skull Uncovered in China Could Be Million-Year-Old Homo Erectus
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesResearchers are heralding the discovery of an ancient human skull, possibly of Homo erectus, in central China as …