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8 coronavirus vaccine myths debunked, from microchipping to DNA changes
The vaccines will not be mandatory for all Americans and can't track your location via microchip. B…
Andrea Michelson,Anna Medaris…
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No, the coronavirus vaccine won't make you infertile
A social media post claiming the COVID-19 vaccine makes you infertile has no factual base. Experts …
Anna Medaris Miller
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 goes to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for discovering ‘the darkest secrets of the universe’
The Nobel Prize in Physics this year will be split between three laureates. One half goes to Roger …
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Einstein's theory of general relativity just got 500 times harder to beat thanks to the first-ever black hole to be caught on camera
"Using the gauge we developed, we showed that the measured size of the black hole shadow in M8…
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Astronomers spotted a distant planet in the middle of making its own moon
The disc surrounding this planet has enough dust and gas to form three moons the size of our own. T…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A team of researchers from India found a way to predict the shape of the Sun's corona
The teams had predicted a model of the Sun’s atmosphere. According to reports, this model can …
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Is it Planet 9 or Planet X? Scientists spar over what to call the solar system's hypothetical missing world
Stern is an ardent defender of Pluto's planethood. In 2015, shortly after New Horizons flew past Pl…
Dave Mosher
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Clouds on Uranus smell like farts, astronomers have confirmed - a clue that there was 'a big shakeup' early in the solar system
"If an unfortunate human were ever to descend through Uranus's clouds, they would be met with very …
Dave Mosher
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A diamond-encrusted meteorite that fell to Earth may come from a long-lost planet in our solar system
"Diamonds very often encapsulate and trap minerals and melts present in their formation environment…
Dave Mosher
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A weird, cigar-shaped object flew through the solar system last year. Now astronomers may know where it came from.
By comparing the historic path of 'Oumuamua against these millions of stars, the team discovered fo…
Dave Mosher
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A small star blew up a bigger star's funeral by exploding — but still missing the bullseye
Stars have much longer life spans than humans. Our Sun, for instance, is 4.6 billion years old wi…
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NASA warns of a massive asteroid bigger than the famous London Eye approaching Earth on July 24
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued a warning that an asteroid, 50%…
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Astronomers may have seen the first 'alien' space rock from beyond our solar system - but some have doubts
The main question is whether A/2017 U1 has an orbit that's elliptical (oval-shaped and around the s…
Dave Mosher
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These 2 newborn planets are going to help us understand how our solar system formed
"I think it is exciting - these are planets where you have evidence that they just formed, so we ar…
Ali Sundermier
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JPMorgan's chief data officer wowed CEO Jamie Dimon with a video depicting the bank's databases as a solar system. It set him up to lead one of largest Wall Street data projects.
The model allows banks to more accurately measure their exposure to trading counterparties, as in t…
Dakin Campbell
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'Mr. Rogers' versus 'someone's crazy uncle': There wasn't a debate Thursday, but the dueling-town-hall format played to Joe Biden's strengths
During the split-screen chaos, Biden's penchant for retail politics kept him in a strong place at a…
Jake Lahut,Oma Seddiq
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NASA is visiting the largest valley on the Moon five decades after Apollo 18 was originally supposed to land on the Grand Canyon-sized formation
The National Aeronautics and Space Agency’s (NASA) Apollo 18 mission may have been cancelled but it…
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Earth's magnetic north pole is skittering wildly across the Arctic. By 2040, our compasses 'will point eastward of true North,' an expert says.
Earth's magnetic north pole has been leading scientists on something of a wild goose chase. …
Aylin Woodward
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The new Pluto photos reveal complex features that 'rival anything we've seen in the solar system'
"Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of processes that rival anything we've…
Jessica Orwig
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Tesla slides after Walmart sues the company, claiming its solar panels caught fire
Tesla is also trying to build up its solar-energy unit after its disastrous second- quarter earning…