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Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 25 April 24 - Every spring, creepy black 'spiders' sprout up on Mars as buried carbon dioxide ice releases dusty geysers of gas. New ESA images show the phenomenon has begun in the strange Inca City formation.

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Scientists find one of the oldest stars in the universe in a galaxy right next to ours - By - Jonathan Gilbert - published - 25 April 24 - An ancient star discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud has revealed the chemical fingerprint of the early universe. It hints that conditions were not the same everywhere when the first stars forged the elements for life.

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Eerie, orange skies loom over Athens as dust storm engulfs southern Greece - By - Sascha Pare - published - 24 April 24 - A Saharan dust storm that reached southern Greece on Tuesday (April 23) has turned the sky over Athens and other Greek cities an apocalyptic reddish-orange hue.

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Enormous explosion in 'Cigar Galaxy' reveals rare type of star never seen beyond the Milky Way - By - Sharmila Kuthunur - published - 24 April 24 - An incredibly brief, ultrabright explosion has led astronomers to a newfound magnetic star outside the Milky Way, which could be the first of many extragalactic magnetars, according to new research.

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Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like teeth, just like a warthog's - By - Caroline Tien - published - 24 April 24 - The largest salmon species ever discovered, Oncorhynchus rastrosus may have used its distinctive, tusk-like teeth to compete with rivals, defend against predators and dig nests.

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Yellowstone Lake's weird resistance to climate change could be about to crack - By - Ben Turner - published - 24 April 24 - Yellowstone's lake's ice cover has remained unaffected by increasing temperatures due to increased snowfall. But this could make it vulnerable to a sudden shift.

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5 catastrophic megathrust earthquakes led to the demise of the pre-Aztec city of Teotihuacan, new study suggests - By - Jennifer Nalewicki - published - 24 April 24 - Analyses of Teotihuacan's three major pyramids show that the city was shaken by multiple catastrophic earthquakes - and this may have led to its demise.

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Ancient, 30-foot relative of great white shark unearthed in Mexico quarry - By - Melissa Hobson - published - 23 April 24 - "Exceptionally preserved" fossils of an ancient shark that lived alongside the dinosaurs has finally revealed what the predator looked like - and why it may have gone extinct.

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Weapons chest found on wreck of 15th-century 'floating castle' sheds light on 'military revolution at sea' By - Tom Metcalfe - published - 23 April 24 - The chest could help archaeologists understand the fire and explosion that sank the vessel.

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NASA's downed Ingenuity helicopter has a 'last gift' for humanity - but we'll have to go to Mars to get it

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Giant, 82-foot lizard fish discovered on UK beach could be largest marine reptile ever found

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Global 'time signals' subtly shifted as the total solar eclipse reshaped Earth's upper atmosphere, new data shows

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Rare 'porcelain gallbladder' found in 100-year-old unmarked grave at Mississippi mental asylum cemetery

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'I nearly fell out of my chair': 1,800-year-old mini portrait of Alexander the Great found in a field in Denmark

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4 solar flares simultaneously erupt from the sun in rare 'super' explosion - and Earth could be hit by the fallout

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Claude 3 Opus has stunned AI researchers with its intellect and 'self-awareness' - does this mean it can think for itself?

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NASA reveals 'glass-smooth lake of cooling lava' on surface of Jupiter's moon Io

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'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover?

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George Washington's stash of centuries-old cherries found hidden under Mount Vernon floor

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