Comets are icy and sometimes have tails. Asteroids are rocky or metallic and typically don't have tails. But this asteroid has six tails and rotates like a lawn sprinkler.
When a team of astronomers discovered two black holes in a collection of stars known as a globular cluster, they weren't sure if the black holes’ presence was a common occurrence or a unique stroke of luck.
Mammal body size decreased significantly during at least two ancient global warming events. A new finding suggests a similar outcome is possible in response to human-caused climate change.
Two knee surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have discovered a previously undescribed ligament in the human knee. The ligament appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.
"What this means is, when you look up at the thousands of stars in the night sky, the nearest sun-like star with an Earth-size planet in its habitable zone is probably only 12 light years away and can be seen with the naked eye." - Erik Petigura
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