Buried more than 3,000 miles beneath our feet, Earth’s solid inner core was once thought to be unchanging—locked in place at the heart of the planet. But new research has revealed something much more dynamic. According to a recent study…
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First Water In The Cosmos May Have Formed Just 100 Million Years After The Big Bang
A new study suggests that the first water molecules in the universe may have formed far earlier than previously assumed — potentially just 100 to 200 million years after the big bang.
This timeline places the appearance of water well before…
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Skygazers gather across northern hemisphere to glimpse partial solar eclipse | Solar eclipses
People across the northern hemisphere have gathered to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse.
The eclipse peaked in London at about 11am on Saturday and was visible in parts of the UK between about 10am and noon.
The phenomenon occurs when…
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A total solar eclipse from 2471 B.C. may have shaken Egypt’s cult of the sun
The date is April 1, 2471 B.C., and a total solar eclipse has forced night to fall during the day in Egypt. The sun has morphed into a lifeless black circle surrounded by a milky halo, a consequence of the moon passing perfectly between the…
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Astronomers Investigate Whether Dying Star’s Blast of Deadly Gamma Radiation Will Hit Earth
For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on Earth.
The so-called “Death Star,” which is also famed for looking like a glowing pinwheel, has caused a lot of lost sleep…
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Earth’s inner core is rapidly changing and now ‘rotating backwards’
It’s not much of a stretch to say that Earth’s inner structure, especially the innermost spherical core, has stupefied scientists for generations. It sits over 3,000 miles below the surface, smaller than the Moon yet massive enough to play a…
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Why We’ll Never Find A Frozen Dinosaur, But There Are Mummified Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago (well, apart from those feathered ones still alive today), but despite the incredible age of their fossils, we do find soft tissues intact. These mummified samples have provided snapshots into…
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ALMA Spots Record-Breaking Flare From Proxima Centauri
A small star just over four light-years from Earth has just made a very big statement. In a groundbreaking new study, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected the most powerful flare ever recorded…
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This Tiny Primate Freezes Itself for Months—And Comes Out Younger
A small lemur native to Madagascar may hold unexpected clues to reversing aging, thanks to a surprising cellular ability observed during its long hibernation.
Researchers at Duke University and UC San Francisco have found that the fat-tailed…
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Fram2 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of polar spaceflight – Spaceflight Now
The four astronauts of the Fram2 mission stand atop the crew access tower at Launch Complex 39A during a pad visit in mid-February. From left to right: Eric Philips, Chun Wang, Rabea Rogge, Jannicke Mikkelsen. Image: Fram2 Less than a month after…
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