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We summarize the week's science breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Space
Astronomers spot leftover light from ancient stars
Ancient photons leave their mark in high-energy radiation from powerful galaxies.
By Nadia Drake - Life
Hunting dark matter with DNA
Particle physicists propose a new way to detect dark matter using the molecule of life.
By Tanya Lewis - Astronomy
Violent birth proposed for Saturn’s moon mishmash
A simulation suggests that giant collisions created Titan and the planet’s many smaller satellites.
By Nadia Drake - Humans
The man behind Sarcastic Rover
NASA’s newest rover, Curiosity, wasn’t alone on Mars for long.
By Nadia Drake - Astronomy
Prospecting for Quasicrystals
Siberian journey nets a mineralogical space oddity.
By Nadia Drake - Astronomy
The alien next door
Newly discovered planet is just 4.4 light-years distant.
By Nadia Drake - Planetary Science
Scientists probe fresh Martian meteorite
Rock holds clues to Red Planet’s atmosphere and surface conditions.
By Tanya Lewis - Chemistry
Solar blobs collide with a bounce
Superhot ejections from the sun surprise physicists by gaining energy of motion in collision.
By Tanya Lewis - Space
Superfast star spotted orbiting Milky Way’s black hole
Upcoming gravitational close encounter will test relativity theories in the extreme.
By Nadia Drake - Astronomy
Cohabiting black holes challenge theory
The observation of two stellar-mass objects in one globular cluster violates existing astrophysical dogma.
By Nadia Drake - Space
Atom & Cosmos
The gassy halo engulfing the Milky Way, a comet in the neighborhood, and extraterrestrial rocks as the source of life on Earth.
By Science News - Astronomy
No companion in supernova debris
Explosion probably resulted from two white dwarfs.
By Nadia Drake