Astronomers at the Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands, and the University of Rochester, USA, have discovered that the ring system that they see eclipse the very young Sun-like star J1407 is of enormous proportions, much ...
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2015
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Charlotte Pearson's eyes scanned a palm-sized chunk of ancient tree. They settled on a ring that looked "unusually light," and she made a note without giving it a second thought. Three years later, and armed with new methodology ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2020
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Researchers have uncovered the first baby dinosaurs from Australia. The bones were discovered at several sites along the south coast of Victoria and near the outback town of Lightning Ridge in New South Wales. Some of the ...
Archaeology
Dec 19, 2019
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Without a doubt, Tyrannosaurus rex is the most famous dinosaur in the world. The 40-foot-long predator with bone crushing teeth inside a five-foot long head are the stuff of legend. Now, a look within the bones of two mid-sized, ...
Archaeology
Jan 1, 2020
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(Phys.org) —Experts in nuclear physics at the University of Surrey have helped develop research towards a 'nuclear battery', which could revolutionize the concept of portable power by packing in up to a million times more ...
General Physics
Mar 21, 2013
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft prepares to shoot the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings for the second time in its Grand Finale, Cassini engineers are delighted, while ring scientists are puzzled, that the region appears ...
Space Exploration
May 2, 2017
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A University of Queensland study has shed new light on a mysterious, unpredictable and potentially devastating kind of astrophysical event.
Astronomy
Oct 25, 2022
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Atomic bomb tests conducted during the Cold War have helped scientists for the first time correctly determine the age of whale sharks.
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2020
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Today's quantum computers are complicated to build, difficult to scale up, and require temperatures colder than interstellar space to operate. These challenges have led researchers to explore the possibility of building quantum ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 29, 2021
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A team of researchers from IBM Research Europe, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and the University of Regensburg has changed the bonds between the atoms in a single molecule for the first time. In their paper published ...
