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Space
New Analysis of Asteroid Dust Reveals Evidence of Salty Water in the Early Solar System
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid …
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Space
Blinking Radio Pulses From Space Hint at a Cosmic Object That ‘Shouldn’t Exist’
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and …
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Space
Why Is One Half of Mars So Different to the Other? ‘Marsquakes’ May Have Just Revealed the Answer
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesMars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has …
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Science Unmasked
New Excavation of ‘Rings of Mystery’ in Victoria Reveals Rich Aboriginal History
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOn the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, there is a series of large rings which rise mysteriously out of …
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Science Unmasked
New Research Reveals Why Saber-Toothed Predators Evolved Their Deadly Teeth
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesSaber teeth – the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon – represent one …
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Technology
2025 Will See Huge Advances in Quantum Computing. So What Is a Quantum Chip and How Does It Work?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn recent years, the field of quantum computing has been experiencing fast growth, with technological advances and large-scale …
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Space
From Dead Galaxies to Mysterious Red Dots, Here’s What the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Has Found in Just 3 Years
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOn this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), …
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Space
Astronomers’ World-First Discovery: Twin Stars Trapped in Galactic Black Hole Orbit
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAt the center of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. It is roughly …
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Science Unmasked
Around 9,000 Species Have Already Gone Extinct in Australia and We’ll Likely Lose Another This Week — New Study
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesMore than 95 percent of Australian animals are invertebrates (animals without backbones — spiders, snails, insects, crabs, worms, …