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Fossilized trees dating back 390 million years are world’s oldest

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Why axolotls are everywhere — but a rarity in the one lake they call home

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Giant seamount discovered in Guatemala is nearly twice the height of the world’s tallest building

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Webb telescope reveals new details in Milky Way’s heart

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Campi Flegrei: Next door to Vesuvius, another Italian volcano is waking up

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Apollo 17 astronauts collected rocks that reveal the moon’s true age

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SpaceX slams regulatory ‘headwinds’ for holding up Starship, risking US dominance in space

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Bennu asteroid: Unprecedented sample contains ‘crucial elements,’ NASA says in historic reveal

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Saturn’s moon Enceladus has ingredients for the origins of life

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‘Turtwig’ ancient turtle species discovered after fossil mystery solved

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