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Is This the First Photo of Another Solar System? While the image is special, according to astronomers it's not as novel as a Reddit...

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Yes, NASA Is Launching ‘Armageddon’ Mission to Destroy an Asteroid It's all in the name of "planetary defense."

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Does This Photo Show a Star Being Born? The formation was said to take place an estimated 1,350 light-years from Earth.

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Did Purdue Researchers Invent the Whitest Shade of White Paint? And it has an ecological purpose that could fight global warming.

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Does This Video Show a Nanobot Inseminating Egg with ‘Lazy’ Sperm? The corkscrew shaped "micromotor" is said to help propel immotile sperm.

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Is This Video of Pluto’s Surface? The black-and-white footage delighted Reddit users.

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Yes, a 4,000-Year-Old Burial Was Found at a Golf Course in England The coffin was made from a hollowed-out tree trunk.

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Does This Pic Show What Jupiter’s Southern Pole Looks Like? The images prompted comparisons to dosa, an Indian crepe.

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Are Llama Cells Being Tested in Humans as Possible COVID Treatment? Wait to alpaca your masks away.

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Do ‘Sonic Weapons’ Adequately Explain ‘Havana Syndrome’? Inaudible sonic weapons are an unlikely cause of the mysterious symptoms suffered by American and...

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Did Study Find Coronavirus Antibodies in 40% of US Wild Deer Populations? The pilot program compared serum samples taken from four states.

Did Swedish Millionaire Johan Eliasch Buy 400K Acres of Amazon Rainforest? He allegedly paid $14 million for the land as part of his own conservation efforts.

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