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Text size Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images Moderna said it has partnered with Catalent to make the Covid-19 vaccine that the biotech company is about to test in the country’s first major clinical trial. Although the vaccine’s large-scale safety and efficacy have not yet been proven, the urgency …

Researchers have discovered a new planet the size of Neptune, approximately 32 light-years away from Earth. A new study, published in the scientific journal Nature, details the discovery of AU Mic b, which is part of the AU Microscopii star system. Due to its close proximity to the star, known …

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks inside the New York Stock Exchange after ringing the opening bell when the building opens for the first time since March, as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID19) continues in the district from Manhattan in New York, May 26. 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters …

In 2016, scientists first detected the collision of two distant black holes, using the Laser Interferometer’s Gravitational Wave Observatory, or LIGO, a pair of L-shaped antennas in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana. Since then, LIGO and a third antenna, Virgo, located in Italy, together have charted dozens of similar catastrophic …

Adelie penguins in Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, enjoy easy access to food and increase body weight and reproductive success in an ice-free summer.Photo: Yuuki Watanabe (National Polar Research Institute, Japan) Antarctic sea ice has crashed in recent years. It’s nothing to celebrate, but apparently some Antarctic penguins love it. A new …