Voyager 2’s Flyby of Uranus in 1986 was During Anomalous Solar Event, New Study Suggests
When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists’ first close glimpse of this ice-giant planet.
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Gliese 229B is Actually Compact Pair of Brown Dwarfs, Astronomers Find
Astronomers have observed Gliese 229 B with the GRAVITY interferometer and, separately, the CRIRES+ spectrograph at ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The post
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Researchers Discover Animal Life in Subseafloor Crust at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
Marine biologists have found adult tubeworms and other vent animals below the seafloor in the East Pacific Rise, a volcanically
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is Wobbling and Fluctuating in Size, Hubble Observations Show
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed Jupiter’s most distinctive feature, the Great Red Spot, with on eight dates
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Consuming More Caffeine Improves Vascular Health, New Study Suggests
In a study led by the Sapienza University of Rome, caffeine intake was positively correlated with the percentage of circulating
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365-Million-Year-Old Winged Seed Fossil Found in China
Named Alasemenia tria, the new specimen from the Wutong Formation in the Chinese province of Anhui dates back to the
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Pterosaurs were Adapted to Broad Range of Terrestrial Lifestyles, Study Shows
New research by paleontologists from the University of Leicester, the University of Birmingham and Liverpool John Moores University demonstrates an
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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact Turned Ants into Fungus Farmers, Study Says
In a new study published this week in the journal Science, researchers found that fungus-ant agriculture originated approximately 66 million
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Microbiologists Find Living Microbes in 2-Billion-Year-Old Rock
Researchers from the University of Tokyo and elsewhere have found pockets of living microbes in mineral-filled veins within 2-billion-year-old rock
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NOIRLab Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Stunning Image of Rosette Nebula
The new image of the Rosette Nebula was taken by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on NSF’s Víctor M.
