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Tenontosaurus fossils found in West Texas, the southernmost record of the dinosaur and a key to the Early Cretaceous.

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Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

A newly spotted space rock has just shattered the speed record for large asteroids, spinning so quickly that by all ...

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