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Our new study may offer an answer. Using seismic data from NASA’s InSight mission, we uncovered evidence that the seismic ...

Astronomers have long been intrigued by the makeup of the asteroid belt’s largest body. When it was first spotted in 1801, ...

Physicists convert beams of light into frictionless supersolid, first step toward advanced quantum materials and future ...

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This was the start of the dream of KMT: The Krafla Magma Testbed, named for the volcanic system in Iceland. It’s a dream that ...