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A drone captured the giant cetaceans plowing through krill clouds to get their fill
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As the year presses on, the likelihood of another wacky winter has grown
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Only a small telescope will be needed
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The three-foot long creature has long eluded scientists, but they finally got a closer look
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Evidence of life from below a mud volcano hints at life beneath the crust
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E-waste is a growing problem worldwide, but a new method could help take a byte out of the issue
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Is the Petermann Glacier getting ready to rupture again?
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The desert dingo beat out an explosive beetle, a pit viper and pink pigeon to win a grant to have its genome sequenced
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Satellite images captured an explosion of flowers stretching across California’s desert hills
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Though the tiny icy orb meets all the criteria, it has yet to receive the official designation
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Though it may be counterintuitive, a new study suggests saving the injured benefits the colony more than leaving them for dead
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The Cassini spacecraft has detected the ingredients for life in sprays from the icy world
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The composite shot could one day help scientists make the most of the night sky
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A nearby volcano has decimated the gentoo colony on Ardley Island three times
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Metallic ions have a permanent presence in the red planet’s atmosphere—kind of like on Earth
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The high-resolution images could hold clues about the early stages of star formation
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This composite image gives the best view yet of the seventh planet's atmospheric lights and ring
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