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Astronomers Discover First Yellowish-Green White Dwarf Star
Astronomers have discovered the first yellowish-green white dwarf star, designated WD J1330+6435, located roughly 280 light-years away in the constellation Draco.
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Western Australia’s Microbialites Face Threats From Human Activity
Earth’s oldest visible evidence of life, microbialites, spans billions of years from Western Australia's Pilbara region to Shark Bay.
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Astronomers Identify First Documented Green White Dwarf Star WD J1330+6435
astrophysicist Mark Hollands said following the identification of the first documented green star.
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UC San Diego Neurobiologists Trigger Learned Movement in Mice
Neurobiologists at the University of California San Diego have shown that switching on a mere twenty neurons in the mouse motor cortex…
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Researcher Ratiba Sahoui Proposes New Age for Orcheziz Crater
The "Orcheziz" crater in Algeria's Tindouf desert has sparked a fresh scientific debate after a new age estimate of roughly ten thousand…
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NASA Tests Solid-State Batteries for Extreme Lunar Cold
NASA researchers developing solid-state batteries for future lunar missions have successfully tested prototype cells that survived extreme cold down to minus 274…
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IFAW Names Sgiath Animal of the Year for Detecting Sea Vomit
Every year, the Animal of the Year award celebrates animals doing extraordinary things, but Sgiath's story is like nothing we've seen before.
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ESA’s Hera Probe Captures First Glimpse of Dimorphos Asteroid System
Four years after NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos to test planetary defense, Europe's Hera probe has captured its first…
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Scottish Farmers Diversify Crops as Climate Change Shifts Agriculture
Scotland's farming practices are shifting as warming temperatures and changing rainfall patterns encourage farmers to diversify.
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UK Conservation Team Embarks on Mission to Protect Port Lockroy
A British conservation team has embarked on a 9,000-mile journey to Antarctica to safeguard historic Base A at Port Lockroy from climate…
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Rare Nanotyrannus Fossil Jodi on Display at Sotheby’s Before Auction
A rare Nanotyrannus fossil, known as Jodi, is on public display at Sotheby’s in New York ahead of an auction.
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Study Examines Potential Benefits of Global Oyster Reef Restoration
Researchers developed a machine learning model to map coastal areas where these dense bivalve structures could thrive.