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NASA Has a New Estimate for Europa’s Ice Shell, and Whoa Is It Ever Thick - Gizmodo
science 2026/01/28 17:30:25

NASA Has a New Estimate for Europa’s Ice Shell, and Whoa Is It Ever Thick - Gizmodo

Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon is a main character in our search for other life-friendly places in our solar system.

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Scientists just mapped the family tree of all 11,000 bird species—and you can explore it - Phys.org
science 2026/01/28 17:18:30

Scientists just mapped the family tree of all 11,000 bird species—and you can explore it - Phys.org

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among birds: the illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer. Available on Birds of the World, the Phylogeny Exp…

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A Comprehensive Network for the Discovery and Characterization of Interstellar Objects Like… - Avi Loeb – Medium
science 2026/01/28 16:33:42

A Comprehensive Network for the Discovery and Characterization of Interstellar Objects Like… - Avi Loeb – Medium

Inspired by the unresolved anomalies displayed by the latest interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS (as listed here), I co-authored a new paper with…

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A Thin Line in the Ocean Is Doing What We Thought Was Impossible - The Daily Galaxy
science 2026/01/28 16:25:00

A Thin Line in the Ocean Is Doing What We Thought Was Impossible - The Daily Galaxy

For decades, attention went elsewhere. But these ocean “fronts” may be the missing piece in how carbon is taken up.

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'Extraordinary' trove of ancient species found in China quarry - Yahoo
science 2026/01/28 16:17:04

'Extraordinary' trove of ancient species found in China quarry - Yahoo

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China…

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A possible ice-cold Earth discovered in the archives of the retired Kepler Space Telescope - Phys.org
science 2026/01/28 16:10:18

A possible ice-cold Earth discovered in the archives of the retired Kepler Space Telescope - Phys.org

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up surprises. A new paper reveals the latest: a possible rocky planet slightly larger than Earth, orbiting a sun-like star about 146 light-years …

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