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Leaked images of 3I/ATLAS suggest the US may have been tracking the interstellar object for years using the secret Cassandra planetary defense system, long before the public knew.
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Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...
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On Sunday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center issued a forecast for a strong (G3) geomagnetic storm for Tuesday.
The discovery of strange, ultra-red objects—especially the extreme case known as The Cliff—has pushed astronomers to propose an entirely new type of cosmic structure: black hole stars. These exotic ...