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WEBRecent studies suggest that a muscle called the levator anguli oculi medialis (LAOM) is unique to dogs (Canis familiaris) and evolved due to domestication. This muscle raises the inner eyebrows, resulting in the ‘puppy dog eyes’ expression. In new research, scientists at Baylor University tested whether the LAOM is a derived trait in dogs ...
Scientists Discover Impenetrable Barrier 11,500 km above Earth
WEBNov 27, 2014 · Next ». A group of researchers headed by Prof Daniel Baker of the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics has discovered a nearly impenetrable barrier some 11,500 km above our planet that blocks so-called ‘killer electrons,’ which can fry satellites and degrade space systems during intense solar storms.
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WEB6 days ago · Oct 2, 2024 by News Staff. In August 2024, ESA’s JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer (JUICE) made history with a daring Moon-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver. As the spacecraft zipped past our Moon and home planet, NASA’s Jovian Energetic Neutrals and Ions (JENI) instrument onboard JUICE captured the …
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WEB6 days ago · Oct 1, 2024 by News Staff. An exoplanet at least half the mass of Venus orbits Barnard’s star, the closest single star to the Sun, once every 3.15 days. An artist’s impression of Barnard b. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser. Barnard’s star is a 10-billion-year-old red dwarf star located in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
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WEBSep 30, 2024 by News Staff. Three-body nuclear systems are key to many aspects of modern nuclear physics, such as understanding the equation of state of high-density nuclear matter and the composition of neutron star cores. In particular, scattering data from deuterons (bound proton-neutron pairs) and hadrons offer important ingredients for ...
Collision between Milky Way and Its Satellite May Have Triggered ...
WEBMay 26, 2020 · The Sagittarius dwarf galaxy is an elliptical loop-shaped galaxy that is currenly located 78,300 light-years away. “It is known from existing models that Sagittarius fell into the Milky Way three times — first about 5 or 6 billion years ago, then about 2 billion years ago, and finally one billion years ago,” said Dr. Tomás Ruiz-Lara, an astronomer in the Instituto de Astrofísica de ...
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WEB6 days ago · Sep 26, 2024 by News Staff. Astronomers using the Keck II 10-m telescope have discovered evidence for an Earth-mass planet and a brown dwarf orbiting a white dwarf star. The planet has a mass of 1.9 Earth masses and orbits the white dwarf at a distance of 2.1 AU (astronomical units) — about twice …
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WEBApr 25, 2024 · 1.2-Billion-Year-Old Groundwater System Found in South African Mine. Geologists have discovered 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater about 3 km below surface in Moab Khotsong, a gold- and uranium-producing mine in South Africa.... Geology news from across the world provided by Sci.News, an independent …
Astronomers Discover Ring-Like Structure 5.6 Billion Light-Years …
WEBAug 5, 2015 · A team of astronomers from Hungary and the United States has announced the discovery of the largest regular formation in the observable Universe – a ring with a diameter of 5.6 billion light-years, displayed by 9 gamma ray bursts (GRBs), and hence galaxies. An image of the distribution of GRBs on the …
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WEBSep 25, 2024 by News Staff. Despite the long history of consumption of fermented dairy, little is known about how the fermented microbes were utilized and evolved over human history. By retrieving ancient DNA of 3,500-year-old kefir cheese from Xinjiang, China, Dr. Qiaomei Fu from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology ...