Scientists identify 10,000 ‘impossible’ exoplanet candidates, potentially tripling the number of known alien worlds

Scientists may have detected more than 10,000 never-before-seen exoplanets in a single survey, potentially tripling the number of known alien worlds in one fell swoop. The record-breaking haul was possible thanks to a new algorithm that helped researchers analyze more than 80 million stars — revealing subtle clues that would otherwise be “impossible” for us…

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Here's what you need to know

Here’s what you need to know

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A lone Eta Aquarid meteor glows alongside the Milky Way over Sri Lanka. | Credit: Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is almost here! Here’s what you need to know as the…

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German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil | Dinosaurs

German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil | Dinosaurs

It is a 113-million-year-old bone of contention. After Stuttgart’s museum of natural history bought a fossilised dinosaur skull in 1991, researchers found it was the most complete spinosaurid skull known to date, belonging to a previously unknown genus of the huge meat-eating dinosaurs. Palaeontologists studying the skull in 1996 dubbed the genus Irritator – reflecting…

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