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The oldest light in the universe gets its closeup

March 21, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Don’t worry, it’s much less terrifying than Norma Desmond, and infinitely more complex. Researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) released their image of the light produced by the Big […]

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An ancient attack frozen in time

October 9, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

A 100-million year old wasp saw its final moments in the waiting jaws of an orb-weaver spider, but things didn’t exactly play out that way. Just as the juvenile spider […]

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