Dust trap around distant star may unlock mystery as to how planets form
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Prehistoric mouthparts
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Chandra X-ray Observatory turns up black hole bonanza in galaxy next door
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Loss of animals spells doom for diversity of rainforest trees
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Cat’s Paw Nebula “littered” w/ baby stars
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Young star suggests our sun was a feisty toddler
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100 Years of Whales @ Smithsonian!
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Smithsonian scientists discover that rainforests take the heat
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Discovery: Turtle shells appeared 40 million years earlier than previously believed
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A meteorite explodes on the Moon: Q&A with geophysicist Bruce Campbell
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Black-hole powered jets plow into galaxy
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Mosses have strong potential to acclimate to global warming, study indicates
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Scientists find impact of open-ocean industrial fishing within centuries of bird bones
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New method of finding planets scores first discovery
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Gray whale specimen an important addition to Natural History Museum collections
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Weddell seals have big-brained pups
