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[:es] The Largest Star in The Milky Way Is Slowly Dying, And Astronomers Are Watching [:]

[:es]Three-dimensional models of astronomical objects can be ridiculously complex. They can range from black holes that light doesn’t even escape to the literal size of the Universe and everything in […]
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[:es] Strange Honeycomb Pattern on Mars Appears to Be Formed by Water Ice And CO2 [:]

[:es]From orbit, this landscape on Mars looks like a lacy honeycomb or a spider web. But the unusual polygon-shaped features aren’t created by Martian bees or spiders; they are actually […]
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[:es] A ‘Very Exciting’ Anomaly Detected in Major Experiment Could Be Huge News For Physics [:]

[:es]A strange gap between theoretical predictions and experimental results in a major neutrino research project could be a sign of the elusive ‘sterile’ neutrino – a particle so quiet, it […]
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[:es] The Collapse of an Atlantic Ocean Current Would Ripple Across The World [:]

[:es]Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic.[:]
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[:es] Earth’s Magnetic Poles Probably Won’t Flip After All, Scientists Predict [:]

[:es]Our planet’s protective shell isn’t quite what it used to be. Over the past two centuries its magnetic strength has taken a nosedive, and nobody has the foggiest idea why. […]
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[:es] The Source of The World’s Most Active Volcano Might Finally Be Pinpointed [:]

[:es]The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii is said to be the world’s most active volcano, and yet we still don’t really know how it was born.[:]
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[:es] Giant Magnetic Waves Have Been Discovered Oscillating Around Earth’s Core [:]

[:es]Earth’s interior is a far from quiet place. Deep below our surface activities, the planet rumbles with activity, from plate tectonics to convection currents that circulate through the hot magmatic […]
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[:es] Mars Has Auroras Without a Global Magnetic Field, And We Finally Know How [:]

[:es]Earth’s auroras are a glorious wonder, but our planet isn’t the only place in the Solar System where these phenomena can be found.[:]
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[:es] Genes of a Lost South American People Point to an Unexpected History [:]

[:es]In spite of its location midway down the eastern seaboard of the continent of South America, Uruguay’s brief history is a blur of European conflict, shaped by the colonial interests […]