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Best 3D map yet of central bulge of the Milky Way

Astronomers have found that our galaxy's inner regions take on a peanut-like, or X-shaped, appearance from some angles.

World’s thinnest glass is just two atoms thick

The world’s thinnest glass is just a molecule thick, a serendipitous discovery by scientists, recorded for posterity in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Predicting a violent volcanic eruption before it happens

These researchers say that the monitoring of repeated slow oscillations in ground swelling and collapse is vital to understanding whether an eruption is imminent.

Astronomers explain why disk galaxies eventually look alike

“In galaxy disks, the scars of a rough childhood, and adolescent blemishes, all smooth away with time.” - Curtis Struck, Iowa State Astronomer

Water hidden in the moon from proto-Earth?

Water found in ancient moon rocks might have actually originated from the proto-Earth and even survived the moon-forming event.

Astronomers spy comet-like tail for 3200 Phaethon

When closest to the sun, Phaethon may become so hot that rocks on the surface crack and crumble to dust. This makes Phaethon a "rock comet."

Untangled DNA is how guys become guys

An enzyme that “unravels” DNA appears to trigger male development of the embryo, a finding that may give greater insight into intersex disorders.

Life found in the sediments of an Antarctic subglacial lake for the first time

Evidence of diverse life forms dating back nearly a hundred thousand years has been found in subglacial lake sediments by a group of British scientists.

Humpback whales also spend their winter in Antarctica

Biologists and physicists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, found out that not all of the Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrate towards the equator at the end of the Antarctic summer.

The milk of human kindness: providing for baby pandas

Conservationists and researchers are keen on developing an artificial milk formula for abandoned or orphaned panda cubs.

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