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Ethereal structure in the sky rivals 'Pillars of Creation' — Space photo of the week
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Ethereal structure in the sky rivals 'Pillars of Creation' — Space photo of the week

The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan.

A 180-Year Assumption About Light Was Just Proven Wrong
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A 180-Year Assumption About Light Was Just Proven Wrong

"Light doesn't just illuminate matter, it magnetically influences it."

What was the loudest sound ever recorded?
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What was the loudest sound ever recorded?

Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

When you're happy, your dog might look sad: Study reveals surprising twist in how people read canine emotions
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When you're happy, your dog might look sad: Study reveals surprising twist in how people read canine emotions

When people are feeling happy, they're more likely to see other people as happy. If they're feeling down, they tend to view other people as sad. But when dealing with dogs, this well-established psychological effect ceases to work as expected.

Long-term study of nearby blazar reveals complex emission patterns
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Long-term study of nearby blazar reveals complex emission patterns

Using NASA's Swift and Fermi space telescopes, Indian astronomers have conducted a long-term multiwavelength study of a nearby blazar designated TXS 0518+211. Results of the study, published Nov. 26 on the arXiv pre-print server, reveal the complex nature of this object.