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The coldest known place in the universe is the outflow of a dying star, chilled to one degree above absolute zero — colder than the afterglow of the Big Bang - Space Daily
The Boomerang Nebula, a Sun-like star in its death throes about 5,000 light-years away, has cooled itself below the leftover heat of the Big Bang. The mechanism is the same one that runs your refrigerator.
A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer - AP News
Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica tucked in a drawer. It comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur. The fossil was discovered in 1985 during an expedition meant to map the area’s rock laye…
What Photographing Every Texas State Park Taught a Landscape Photographer - PetaPixel
After six and a half years photographing every state park in Texas, landscape photographer Maegan Lanham shares what the journey taught her.
Some boreal forest species fail to recover even 100 years after clearcutting - Phys.org
Boreal forests are being clear-cut faster than some of their wildlife and plant species can recover, with a few failing to return even 100 years after harvesting, according to University of Alberta-led research.
In 1868 astronomers found a new element in the Sun's light, named it helium for the Greek word for the Sun, and no one found a trace of it on Earth for another 27 years - Space Daily
The gas in birthday balloons was read off the Sun before anyone proved it existed on Earth, and the claim was doubted for more than a decade.
An Alternative to Black Holes: Gravastars with Big Bangs Inside - Universe Today
Stellar mass black holes may not be black holes at all. Instead, they could be a type of extremely compact star called a gravastar, which mimics a black hole. This is according to theoretical phsyicists who have discovered a solution to Einstein’s Theory of G…