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Researchers at SMU and the Perot Museum have identified a new species of mosasaur, a 'T. rex of the sea' that lived alongside dinosaurs millions of years ago.

Researchers at SMU and the Perot Museum have identified a new species of mosasaur, a 'T. rex of the sea' that lived alongside dinosaurs millions of years ago.

For more than three decades, experts have been trying to solve the mystery of why a certain kind of underwater fault triggers earthquakes way more predictably than others.

Each of the two Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977, carries a phonograph record. The records hold sounds and images chosen to represent Earth, assembled by a committee led by Carl Sagan. The records themselves are the part most people know about. The cover …

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Some black holes could have tamer origins—in the folds of unusual "spacetime crystals" that researchers finally managed to capture in a formula.

The liquid iron in Earth's outer core doesn't always behave as expected. When it changed direction in an unexplained way, ESA satellites provided data on the direction of flow, helping scientists gain better insight into the dynamics at the center of our plan…

Astronomers from Italy and Brazil have investigated a nearby red dwarf star known as Ross 318 and have discovered an exoplanet orbiting this star, which is at least six times more massive than Earth. The discovery is reported in a research paper published May…

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On 14 January 2005, the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and came to rest on the surface. The descent under parachute lasted about two and a half hours. The probe then transmitted from the…