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FOSSIL TROVE ADDS A NEW LIMB TO HUMAN…

MADISON - Working in a cave complex deep beneath South Africa's Malmani dolomites, an international team of scientists has brought to light an unprecedented trove of hominin fossils - more than 1,500 well-preserved bones and…

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Andreas Mogensen lands after a busy mission on…

Paris, 12 September 2015-- ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Soyuz spacecraft commander Gennady Padalka and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov landed this morning at 00:51 GMT (02:51 CEST 12 September) in the steppe of Kazakhstan, marking the end of their missions to…

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Galileo taking flight: ten satellites now in orbit

[caption id="attachment_6177" align="alignright" width="700"] The Fregat upper stage flew the latest two Galileo satellites most of the way up to medium-Earth orbit before they finally separated.[/caption] Paris,-- Europe's own satellite navigation system has come a…

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Moon’s crust as fractured as can be

Study finds barrage of small asteroids shattered moon’s upper crust. [caption id="attachment_6174" align="alignright" width="639"] Researchers analyzed the gravity signatures of more than 1,200 craters (in yellow) on the far side of the moon.Courtesy of the…