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Space
We Just Got Even More Evidence Mars Once Had a Ring
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
Mars - glorious, dusty, complex Mars - may once have been even more dazzling. New research provides even more evidence that a rubbly ring once …
4 hours ago
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Space
Astronomers Have Filmed a Black Hole Blasting Out Jets Close to The Speed of Light
ScienceAlert - EVAN GOUGH
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has spotted a distant black hole shooting out jets of material, at close to the speed of light. No worries, this beast …
17 hours ago
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Endangered Species
Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction Isn't Just Happening, It's Accelerating
ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill
There are not as many of us as there used to be. Hundreds of unique, precious species of animal life vanished forever last century. This is what a …
17 hours ago
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Universe
Patterns Formed by Spiral Galaxies Suggest The Universe's Structure Isn't Totally Random
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
The Universe is not a structureless mish-mash of space stuff, but there's still a lot we don't know about how it's put together. Although we know that …
16 hours ago
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Exercise
Is There a Peak 'Fat-Burning Zone'? Exercise Scientists Explain How It Really Works
ScienceAlert - JUSTIN ROBERTS
When it comes to losing weight, people often want know the best way to shed excess pounds – and there's no shortage of fad diets or fitness crazes …
1 hour ago