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- Space
Hubble goes deep and wide for new view of galaxies
A newly released multiwavelength image portrays 12 billion years of cosmic history, depicting the assembly of galaxies in unprecedented detail.
- Health & Medicine
Celebrex combats skin cancer in vulnerable group
Anti-inflammatory drug limits number of tumors in patients with hereditary condition
- Space
Parting Eta Carinae’s clouds reveals more clouds
New images show the nearby star system's inner beauty.
- Space
Plenty of black holes do-si-do
Team finds 33 merging galaxies with 'waltzing' black-hole pairs, suggesting the phenomenon is more common than thought.
- Space
Kepler space telescope finds its first extrasolar planets
The NASA mission uncovers one Neptune-like and four Jupiter-like bodies.
- Space
New-found galaxies may be farthest back in time and space yet
Potential finding uses data that push limits of current technology.
- Earth
Age of solar system needs a fresh look
Honed measurements show age overshot by amount significant to earliest stage of formation.
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On the Fringe
Astronomers look to the Kuiper belt for clues to the solar system’s history.
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Evolution’s Bad Girl
Ardi shakes up the fossil record.
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The Ties That Bind
Studies of human social networks go high-tech.
- Life
Cancer plaguing Tasmanian devils began in one animal’s nerve cells
Genetics provide a starting point for diagnosis and potential vaccines.
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Science Past from the issue of January 16, 1960
MEN TO MARS POSSIBLE IN 60’S, EXPERTS SAY — The United States will be able to send three men on a 14-month expedition to Mars in a nuclear-powered two-stage rocket ship during the 1960’s, three space experts assert. The rocket ship would go into orbit around Mars, and the exploring party would use a chemically […]
