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Science • Jul 15

Astronomers just found four hidden white dwarf stars near Earth

Four nearby white dwarf stars have been discovered hiding in plain sight beside brighter red dwarf companions. Hubble's ultraviolet observations finally...

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Science • Jul 15

Mystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million

A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens was sold for a record $50.1 million Tuesday to a mystery bidder.

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Science • Jul 15

A large amount of the Universe is missing. Scientists think they may have found it

A lot of normal matter in the Universe is missing. Astronomers think they might have found it, and it's been hiding in plain sight all along.

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Science • Jul 15

The big reason Einstein would never have used AI

Many think that intelligence can be outsourced to AI. Einstein wouldn't have used it. If he had, he never would have become Einstein.

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Science • Jul 15

Kīlauea Volcano Update for Tuesday, July 14

HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - Summit inflation resumed Monday afternoon, although tilt flattened and slowed Tuesday morning.

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Science • Jul 15

'Surprising and exciting': U. astronomers harness NASA telescopes for black hole discovery

In a discovery that has puzzled astronomers, University of Utah astronomers harnessed data to locate the first stellar-mass black hole in the massive...

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Science • Jul 15

We tend to assume Earth is a rare cosmic fluke, but a full analysis of NASA's Kepler data found at least 300 million rocky, habitable-zone planets around Sun-like stars in the Milky Way alone — and that is the conservative count

NASA's Kepler mission did not detect 300 million temperate rocky planets. It observed a narrow field of stars, found the small fraction of planets whose.

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Science • Jul 15

Beneath Europa’s fractured ice may be an ocean containing more liquid water than all of Earth’s oceans combined, kept warm in complete darkness by the gravitational pull of Jupiter

From a distance, Europa looks like a frozen world. Its surface is a pale shell crossed by rust-coloured bands, ridges and fractures, with few of the impact.

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Science • Jul 15

T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record

Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South Dakota.

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Science • Jul 15

Rare T. rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction

A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton from South Dakota has become the world's most expensive fossil sold at auction, after fetching a record $50130000 at Sotheby's...

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Science • Jul 15

Astronauts Have Taken The First Human X‑Rays in Space

For more than 65 years, humans have been soaring through space. Since the first spaceflight by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in April 1961, the human presence in...

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Science • Jul 15

Photo & Video Chronology — Kīlauea summit monitoring overflight

On Tuesday, July 14, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists completed a brief monitoring helicopter overflight of Halema'uma'u crater at the summit of...

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Science • Jul 15

A satellite launched in 1958, no bigger than a grapefruit and silent since 1964, is still the oldest human-made object circling Earth — and it is expected to keep quietly orbiting overhead for another few centuries

On 17 March 1958, a three-stage rocket lifted a polished aluminium sphere from Cape Canaveral and placed it in a long, elliptical orbit around Earth.

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Science • Jul 15

People stunned after seeing how fast the International Space Station actually moves as wild simulation shows it at ground level

This simulation shows what it would look like if the International Space Station was to move at ground level, and it's left people stunned.

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Science • Jul 14

What is the Real Estate Value of the Neighboring Habitable Planet GJ 3378 b?

GJ 3378 b is a newly confirmed rocky exoplanet located merely 25 light-years away from Earth. Re-analysis of previous data was used in a new paper published...

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Science • Jul 14

After record heat, could the Atlantic make Britain's weather even more extreme?

As temperatures rise, scientists are investigating whether a changing Atlantic could bring more volatile weather to the UK.

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Science • Jul 14

Seals have a unique superpower in their ears, and we finally know how it evolved

Unlike all other mammals, seals can hear both in the air and underwater. How do they do this?

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Science • Jul 14

Astronomers uncover the earliest known signs of galaxy-building in action

Astronomers at Durham University have made a major advance in understanding how galaxies formed and evolved in the early universe.

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Science • Jul 14

Sandwiched Between Pittsburgh And Gettysburg Is Pennsylvania's Lesser-Known Park Filled With Endless Outdoor Fun

Small but perfectly formed, this charming park in Pennsylvania is packed with outdoor adventures without having to worry about mass crowds.

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Science • Jul 14

Is there a ruined civilization on Mars? A theoretical physicist runs the numbers | Reality Check

In this episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart sits down with theoretical physicist and philosopher of physics Maaneli Derakhshani for a long look at...

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