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The discovery of an eighth planet circling the distant star Kepler-90 by University of Texas…
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Astronomers have come up with a new and improved method for measuring the masses of…
University of Canterbury astrophysicist Dr. Simone Scaringi has made an unexpected and exciting new discovery…
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A riot of color and light dances through this peculiarly shaped galaxy, NGC 5256. Its…
New research from UCLA details how diabetes in pregnancy affects baby’s heart, revealing that high…
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Combining neuroscience with algorithms and network science, Yale researchers have developed a method of analyzing…
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The search for life beyond Earth is riding a surge of creativity and innovation. Following…
The OmegaCAM camera on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope has captured this glittering view of the…
Researchers at IRB Barcelona unravel the role of the histone BigH1 in the development of…
If you could fly aboard NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, the surface of dwarf planet Ceres would…
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) of northern Meridiani Planum shows faults that…