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For a long time, it was thought that this [technique] required telescopes in space,” says John Mather, the Nobel ...

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A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once ...

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A photograph taken by a NASA astronaut has sparked fears it shows an extraterrestrial creature, but it’s just a photo of a potato.

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