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  1. Space

    WISE sees its first stars

    NASA's new infrared observatory is ready for action.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    New test could discern serious condition early after bone marrow transplant

    Protein level in blood reveals graft-versus-host disease, may indicate severity of this complication

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  3. Earth

    Footprints could push back tetrapod origins

    Newly discovered trackways much older than previous evidence for sea-to-land transition.

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  4. Life

    Moss counters shortness with A-bomb-style clouds

    Sphagnum overcomes drag by launching its spores in vortex rings.

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  5. Space

    Comets don’t all start out on the fringe

    A new model suggests that comets also come from the inner Oort Cloud and offers a way to resolve a massive problem about the early solar system.

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  6. 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.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Celebrex combats skin cancer in vulnerable group

    Anti-inflammatory drug limits number of tumors in patients with hereditary condition

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  8. Space

    Parting Eta Carinae’s clouds reveals more clouds

    New images show the nearby star system's inner beauty.

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  9. 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.

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  10. Space

    Kepler space telescope finds its first extrasolar planets

    The NASA mission uncovers one Neptune-like and four Jupiter-like bodies.

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  11. Space

    New-found galaxies may be farthest back in time and space yet

    Potential finding uses data that push limits of current technology.

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  12. 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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