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Newly discovered shocked quartz at ancient Clovis sites bolsters evidence that a comet explosion 13,000 years ago unleashed widespread destruction, possibly wiping out Ice Age giants and early North ...

Fifty-five years ago, a dead sperm whale washed ashore near Florence — and what happened next became one of the most infamous moments in state history. Engineers from the Oregon Highway Division, ...

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A Taiwan-operated Patriot air defense missile exploded shortly after launch during a firing exercise, as the self-ruled island faces mounting military pressure from its neighbor, China. The Taiwanese ...

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In the sprawling Hydra constellation, 137 million light-years away, lies NGC 3285B—a dazzling spiral galaxy recently spotlighted by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. This cosmic beauty orbits the edges ...

A white dwarf star around 160,000 light years away appears to have exploded twice – the first evidence astronomers have seen that such supernovae involve a double detonation. White dwarf stars are ...

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has an answer for why his SpaceX rockets won’t stop exploding. SpaceX, Musk’s space technology company, launched Starship, a mega spacecraft, from Texas on Tuesday evening, ...

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