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 …
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Archaeology
Ancient Goldworking Toolkit From Burial Near Stonehenge Revealed
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesArchaeologists 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, …