The largest field of pyramids in Egypt — consisting of 31 pyramids built over a millennium, including the …
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Archaeology
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Space
Exoplanet WASP-69b Has a Cometlike Tail — This Unique Feature Is Helping Scientists Like Me Learn More About How Planets Evolve
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesLocated 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic processes …
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Archaeology
We Spent 2 Years to Bring This Extraordinary Fossil to Light
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesPitch-black darkness. Crushing squeezes, muddy passages, icy waterfalls. Bats and spiders. Abseiling over ledges into the unknown. How …
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Archaeology
Ancient Nomads You’ve Probably Never Heard of Disappeared From Europe 1,000 Years Ago. Now, DNA Analysis Reveals How They Lived
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesHow do we understand past societies? For centuries, our primary sources of information about ancient Europe have been …
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Space
A Massive Explosion in Space Was Mapped Showing How Galaxies ‘Pollute’ the Cosmos
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWe breathe oxygen and nitrogen gas in our atmosphere every day, but did you know that these gases …
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For millions of years, giant animals or megafauna, like giant kangaroos in Australia, roamed the lands that are …
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Environment
Rogue Waves in the Ocean Are Much More Common Than Anyone Suspected
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWe used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as …
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Environment
Australian ‘Bush Glass’ Bears the Fingerprints of a Cosmic Collision With an Iron Meteorite
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesHow Earth and the other planets of the solar system formed and evolved over the eons is a …
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Space
We Saw One of the Most Powerful Magnets in the Universe Come to Life
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAfter a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to …
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Science
Why Your High-School Textbook Was Wrong About the Shape of Earth’s Orbit
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIf you’ve ever been taught about how Earth orbits around the Sun, you might well think our planet …