Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star …
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A new study led by the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa has helped refine our understanding of the amount …
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Current carbon cycle models may underestimate the amount of carbon dioxide released from the soil during rainy seasons …
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The Arctic is one of the fastest-warming places on the planet. As temperatures rise, the perpetually frozen layer …
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An international team of astronomers led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has found an unusual …
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When a black hole chews up a star, it produces visible light or X-rays, but astronomers have almost …
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It’s “almost a racing certainty” there’s alien life on Jupiter’s moon Europa — and Mars could be hiding …
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Back in 1972, NASA sent their last team of astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo 17 mission. …
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Just released first images from the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveal unprecedented detail of …
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Humans
Modern Africans and Europeans Have More Neanderthal Ancestry Than Previously Thought
by Troy OakesWhen the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, using DNA collected from ancient bones, it was accompanied by the …