Scientists have found that time moves slightly faster on the Red Planet than it does on Earth. Clocks on Mars tick, on average, 0.477 milliseconds (477 microseconds) faster over 24 hours when measured from Earth compared with time recorded on…
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Scientists find a massive hidden CO2 sponge beneath the ocean floor
Rock samples that formed about 60 million years ago and were collected from far beneath the ocean surface have helped scientists understand how large amounts of carbon dioxide can remain locked away for extremely long periods. These samples show…
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Smithsonian Acquires Exceptionally Complete Skull of Iconic Dome-Headed Dinosaur – Smithsonian Institution
- Smithsonian Acquires Exceptionally Complete Skull of Iconic Dome-Headed Dinosaur Smithsonian Institution
- Smithsonian to display rare and ‘remarkable’ dinosaur skull that was unearthed in South Dakota The Independent
- What Do You Get a Museum…
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Ancient Lake on Mars May Have Risen and Fallen Under the Tidal Pull of a Long Lost Moon
Phobos, photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is not massive enough to have raised tides on Mars. It could be a remnant of a larger moon that was destroyed in a giant impact. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of… Continue Reading
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Astronomers discover images of rare Tatooine-like exoplanet with a strange 300-year orbit: ‘Exactly how it works is still uncertain’
Astronomers have discovered a planet beyond the solar system that orbits its twin parent stars closer than any ever seen before in a binary. The twin stars in the sky over the newly-found extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” likely bear a…
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MicroBooNE results rule out sterile neutrinos
Since the 1990s, physicists have pondered the tantalizing possibility of an exotic fourth type of neutrino, dubbed the “sterile” neutrino, that doesn’t interact with regular matter at…
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Rare Tatooine-Like Planet Image Near Twin Stars
In a discovery that’s fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns.
While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar system is already rare, finding one that…
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Rare image of Tatooine-like planet is closest to its twin stars yet
In a discovery that’s fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns.
While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar system is already rare,…
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Rare image of Tatooine-like planet is closest to its twin stars yet: For Journalists
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- · Astronomers discovered a new exoplanet hidden in decade-old data
- · Planet is bound to binary stars, which…
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Why Voyager 1 And Voyager 2 Sometimes Get Closer To Earth, On Their Way Out Of The Solar System
NASA’s Voyager spacecraft (1 and 2), launched in 1977, are both on a trajectory that will take them out of the Solar System, and into interstellar space.
It’s a slow journey. For an obvious example, in November 2026 Voyager 1 will reach one full…
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