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Researchers discover that the group of 28 animals are actually local residents, not just visitors
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Believed to be from a rare polar dinosaur, the damage was discovered by a school class visiting Bunurong Marine National Park
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In 2025, the agency will either try to grab a piece of a comet or send a space-helicopter drone to the surface of Saturn's moon Titan
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Bask in the infinitely strange wonder of our planet with these gorgeous biodiversity galleries
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A new analysis of this decades-old find suggests that they were indeed once biological life—but not all are convinced
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Manipulating viruses could help prepare the U.S. for future pandemics, but it could also risk starting the next outbreak
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A new study of ‘Oumuamua suggests it's water ice covered with 20 inches of dry carbon compounds
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Was the ‘Thames Beater’ used to kill? Four crushed model skulls say yes
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Enjoy these masterpieces in animal silliness
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A previously flown rocket will launch a previously flown spacecraft to the space station
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The Cassini probe's final swoops through the rings found that they impact the planet's ionosphere
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Data from the Cassini space probe suggests that the rings may be as young as 150 million years old
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This map of 'naked' Greenland is the most detailed yet and can help in refining climate predictions
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The rare black-backed oriole showed up outside Reading, Pennsylvania, and birdwatchers flocked to the scene
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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai has lasted longer than it should, and the processes that formed the island are of interest to NASA
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Layered lattes are a cool trick, but the science of why it happens could help in manufacturing and even studying the ocean
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Get outdoors for the Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count
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These "poles of inaccessibility" are among the world's most remote places
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He’s one of the United States’s most revered figures, but his last hours were plagued by excruciating illness
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Sorry, there's no DNA left. But the find does provide the first strong evidence that the parasites preyed on dinosaurs
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