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  1. Paleontology

    How an ancient marine predator snuck up on its prey

    Serrations at the edges of a fossilized flipper of the ancient marine reptile Temnodontosaurus suggests it may have been able to swim silently.

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  2. Planetary Science

    This star offers the earliest peek at the birth of a planetary system like ours

    A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.

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  3. Space

    In a first, an image shows a dying star exploded twice to become a supernova 

    The image offers the first evidence for a previously unconfirmed origin story of type 1a supernovas.