NASA’s Perseverance rover has had a busy first month on Mars’s surface. From Jezero Crater, where Perseverance landed on 18 February, it has been doing as much geology as it […]
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Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth’s history 42,000 years ago
The temporary breakdown of Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago sparked major climate shifts that led to global environmental change and mass extinctions, a new international study co-led by UNSW […]
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Million-year-old mammoth genomes shatter record for oldest ancient DNA
Permafrost-preserved teeth, up to 1.6 million years old, identify a new kind of mammoth in Siberia. The million-year-old genome is here. Mammoth teeth preserved in eastern Siberian permafrost have produced […]
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The number of Milky Way nova explosions per year has been pinned down
Each year, astronomers discover nova explosions in the Milky Way that cause dim stars to flare up and emit far more light than the sun before they fade again. But […]
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