Researchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter- and Saturn-sized planets in orbit around it, the first …
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Environment
Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? An Overlooked Source Discovered
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhere did Earth’s water come from? A team of Arizona State University geoscientists led by Peter Buseck, Regents’ …
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The potentially rocky planet, known as Barnard’s star b, is a “super-Earth” with a mass of at least …
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Environment
Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Microbes Gobble Greenhouse Gases and Perhaps Oil Spills
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesScientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Marine Science Institute have discovered nearly two dozen new types …
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Space
Lasers Could Be Used as a Porch Light to Attract Alien Astronomers
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIf extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new MIT study proposes that lasers on Earth could, …
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Environment
Half of the World’s Annual Rain Falls in Just 12 Days, Study Finds
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesCurrently, half of the world’s measured annual rain falls in just 12 days, according to a new analysis …
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An international research team, including The Australian National University (ANU), has used the Kepler space telescope in coordination …
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Archaeology
Human Ancestors Not to Blame for Ancient Mammal Extinctions in Africa
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNew research disputes a long-held view that our earliest tool-bearing ancestors contributed to ancient mammal extinctions in Africa …
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University of Sydney astronomers, working with international colleagues, have found a star system like none seen before in …
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Environment
Study Reveals Huge Amount of Water Dragged Into Earth’s Interior
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesSlow-motion collisions of tectonic plates under the ocean drag about three times more water down into the deep …