This image of the galaxy NGC 1398, found in the Fornax cluster, was taken with the Dark Energy Chamber. Credit: Dark Energy Survey / Flickr, CC BY-SA Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than that it is invisible, …
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Mars is the most explored planet in the solar system besides Earth. With all of our robotic visitors there, we have discovered that it is too dry, cold and irradiated a world to support the intriguing humanoids or invading tentacles that science fiction ever imagined. But our trips to Mars …
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A fossil attributed to a small feathered dinosaur may not be a dinosaur at all, but rather a … lizard, according to new research. With the new criticism, the March study, titled “Hummingbird-sized Dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period of Myanmar” was removed yesterday (July 22) from the magazine. Nature where …
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In the new study, Dr. Micheletti’s team compared this genetic database to a historical one, Slave Voyages, which contains an enormous amount of information on slavery, such as ports of embarkation and disembarkation, and the number of men, women and enslaved children. The researchers also consulted with some historians to …
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WASHINGTON – A new report from the National Space Council argues that space exploration and development should be an integrated effort that involves not only NASA but other government agencies, as well as international and business partners. The report, “A New Era for Deep Space Exploration and Development,” released July …
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