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Animals

Some bacteria are suffocating sea stars, turning the animals to goo

For years, researchers thought an infectious pathogen was behind sea star wasting disease. Instead, bacteria deplete the starfishes’ oxygen.

Astronomy

Astronomers spotted a rare galaxy shutting down star formation

A distant galaxy harbors an active black hole and active star formation at the same time – an unusual coincidence.

Space

The first magnetar flare detected from another galaxy was tracked to its home

An outburst from the super magnetic remains of a star suggests similar eruptions are behind some of the most powerful explosions in the universe.

Life

Monitor lizards’ huge burrow systems can shelter hundreds of small animals

Two species of Australian monitor lizards dig nests four meters deep.