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A groundbreaking discovery near the Rio Grande has unveiled an ancient underwater island that could change our understanding of Earth’s past. For years, experts have been scanning the waters around ...

The rare blast peeled back the inner layers of a dying star, offering clues to how the elements that make up life on Earth were forged. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Carl Sagan once said we are all made of ...

As massive stars collapse into black holes, powerful jets tearing out from their hearts may "dissolve" the stars' outer layers, providing the ingredients to make heavy elements. This is the conclusion ...

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