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  1. Astronomy

    Young World: NASA telescope reveals clues to newborn planet

    Astronomers have found signs of what may be the youngest planet known, plus the first signs ever of organic compounds in a region of dust that could evolve into a planet-forming region.

    By Carrie Lock
  2. Humans

    Letters from the June 5, 2004, issue of Science News

    Blackened reputation Again, humans are implicated in the promotion and distribution of our own misery (“Medieval cure-all may actually have spread disease,” SN: 4/3/04, p. 222: Medieval cure-all may actually have spread disease). However, if bitumen was wrongly credited with darkening the skin of mummified remains, what caused it? Robert FizekNewton, Mass. The coating on […]

    By Science News
  3. Astronomy

    Huge solar flares hit far-flung craft

    Spacecraft throughout the solar system have detected material spewed into space by a group of huge solar flares late last year.