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One of the 2.7 billion year-old diamonds used in this work. Credit: Michael Broadley A unique study of ancient diamonds has shown that the basic chemical composition of the Earth’s…
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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), scientists completed a census of nearly 100 galaxies in the nearby universe, showcasing their behaviors and appearances. The scientists compared ALMA data to…
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Finding the hypothetical particle axion could mean finding out for the first time what happened in the Universe a second after the Big Bang, suggests...
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Inadequate exposure to UVB light from the sun may be associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, particularly in older age groups, according to a study using data on…
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This computer model shows how MAVIS will look on the instrument platform of VLT Unit Telescope 4 (Yepun) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. The boxes indicate the various submodules of the…
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Artist’s concept of NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft, which was an infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope active from December 2009 to February 2011. In September 2013 the spacecraft was…
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Artist’s impression of a Squalicorax shark. Credit: Dimitri Bogdanov Scientists have found an unexplained cache of fossilized shark teeth in an area where there should be none — in a…
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An international team of astronomers has observed the first example of a new type of supernova. The discovery, confirming a prediction made four decades ago, could lead to new insights…
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NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock has been operating aboard the General Atomics Orbital Test Bed satellite since June 2019. This illustration shows the spacecraft in Earth orbit. Credit: General Atomics…
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential antivirals that could be developed into…
