With the help of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a supermassive …
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Space
Recipe Is Different, but Saturn’s Moon Titan Has Ingredients for Life
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesCatherine Neish is counting the days until her space launch. While the Western planetary geologist isn’t space-suiting up …
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An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, …
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Computer simulations are showing astrophysicists how massive clumps of gas within galaxies scatter some stars from their orbits, …
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Environment
Study Reveals Soil Is a Significant Carbon Sequestration Driver
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAs harmful atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to increase, understanding the planet’s carbon balance is increasingly important. A …
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Animals
Wolves Have Been Caring for the Pack for at Least 1.3 Million Years
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWolves today live and hunt in packs, which helps them take down large prey. But when did this …
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Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have made the first direct geometric measurement …
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Space
Can Life Survive a Star’s Death? The James Webb Space Telescope Will Explore
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen stars like our Sun die, all that remains is an exposed core — a white dwarf. A …
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Space
Infrared Eyes on Enceladus: Hints of Fresh Ice in Northern Hemisphere
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNew composite images made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft are the most detailed global infrared views ever produced of …
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Humans
DNA From an Unidentified Ancestor Was Passed Down to Humans Living Today
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA new analysis of ancient genomes suggests that different branches of the human family tree interbred multiple times, …