What scientists thought was a planet beyond our solar system has ‘vanished.’ Though this happens to sci-fi worlds, scientists seek a more plausible explanation. One interpretation: instead of a planet, …read more Source:: Science
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Link between inflammation and mental sluggishness shown in new study
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•Scientists have uncovered a possible explanation for the mental sluggishness that often accompanies illness. …read more Source:: Science
Tiny Neptune moon spotted by Hubble may have broken from larger moon
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•After several years of analysis, a team of planetary scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has at last come up with an explanation for a mysterious moon around Neptune that …read more Source:: Science
Mystery at the center of the Milky Way solved
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•Astronomers have now found the explanation to a recent mystery at the center of the Milky Way galaxy: the high levels of scandium discovered last spring near the galaxy’s giant …read more Source:: Science
New theory finds ‘traffic jams’ in jet stream cause abnormal weather patterns
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•A study offers an explanation for a mysterious and sometimes deadly weather pattern in which the jet stream, the global air currents that circle the Earth, stalls out over a …read more Source:: Science
Scientists decipher the magma bodies under Yellowstone
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•Using supercomputer modeling, scientists have unveiled a new explanation for the geology underlying recent seismic imaging of magma bodies below Yellowstone National Park. …read more Source:: Science
Spear point study offers new explanation of how early humans settled North America
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•Careful examination of numerous fluted spear points found in Alaska and western Canada prove that the Ice Age peopling of the Americas was much more complex than previously believed. …read more Source:: Science
Radio observations point to likely explanation for neutron-star merger phenomena
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•Data from the Very Large Array and other radio telescopes have allowed astronomers to identify the most likely scenario for the aftermath of the merger of two neutron stars. …read more Source:: Science