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Newborn dinosaur fossil discovered in Maryland

A Maryland fossil hunter finds the youngest nodosaur ever found and the first newborn dinosaur ever recovered in the eastern U.S.

50 new exoplanets announced, including 16 super-Earths

At the Extreme Solar Systems conference this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 350 experts talking about 50 new exoplanets.

Connecticut River spews sediment after Irene

Satellite image from September 2, 2011, shows Connecticut River spewing muddy sediment into Long Island Sound after Hurricane Irene.

Nearby brown dwarf has extreme weather, astronomers say

A gigantic storm raging on the surface of this brown dwarf might be like Jupiter's red spot - but even grander in scale.

Study shows dangerous bacteria in uniforms of doctors, nurses

In a modern Israeli hospital, researchers found 60 percent of the hospital uniforms of doctors and nurses tested positive for potentially dangerous bacteria.

Atlantic Ocean in amazing image with four storms

As hurricane season 2011 reaches its peak, it's a wild weekend for storms in the tropical Atlantic ocean basin. Peer down from above!

Did meteorites bombard Earth with gold?

The meteorites that left craters on the moon likely bombarded Earth with gold and other precious metals.

Zoom in to star cluster NGC 2100 in Large Magellanic Cloud

A dazzling star cluster - NGC 2100 - lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor of the Milky Way.

Sharper view of footprints, landing site, rover tracks on moon

New images released today by NASA show tracks from Apollo 17's lunar rover - and the last footprints left on the moon by astronauts - from the year 1972.

Ancient humans likely mixed it up

University of Arizona researchers used a simulation model to show that DNA from Homo sapiens contains pieces from ancient humans.