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Gamma-ray bursts reveal largest structure in the universe is bigger and closer to Earth than we knew: 'The jury is still out on what it all means.'
The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is part of a different supercluster called Laniakea, which, at 500 million light-years wide, ...
Magnetic fields can map the universe—here's how
Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful? Astronomers are able to use magnetic fields to map our environment within ...
Scientists stumble across rare evidence that Earth is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada
Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...
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The Animals That Use Earth’s Magnetic Field as a Built-In Compass
Imagine crossing vast oceans, soaring across continents, or tunneling deep beneath the earth—without ever getting lost. For ...
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How a suitcase-sized NASA device could map shrinking aquifers from space
Now, a new satellite instrument from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is designed to catch those minute shifts. Coined the ...
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Scientists may have finally found where the 'missing half' of the universe's matter is hiding
About half of the non-dark matter in the universe cannot be accounted for by stars and galaxies alone. Now, scientists say ...
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On Jupiter, it’s mushballs all the way down
Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.