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POPSFirst extra-galactic planet spotted in Andromeda The advantage of microlensing is that it works best for more distant objects so it's ideal for planet hunting in other galaxies. In theory, it should be possible to see Earth-sized objects in this way. The disadvantage is that microlensing is a relatively rapid, one-off event that lasts a few days at most. That makes observations difficult to verify. And today a new analysis from Ingrosso and co shows that this companion has a mass about 6 times that of Jupiter. That's heading into brown dwarf territory but it's also well within planetary territory too.
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POPS"The oldest, most spectacular and rare work of art in the Americas" more: Kennedy found the brown and tan bone two years ago and put it under his sink. About two months ago, he took it out for cleaning and spotted unusual lines. He had been considering selling it at a flea market. Instead, he showed it to a fellow collector, William Roddenberry of Vero Beach, who was amazed. They took it to the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville for examination. When Kennedy learned it was so historically valuable, he said, "It blew me away. I was absolutely baffled." The etched bone is being kept in a vault. The site where it was found isn't being disclosed.
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POPSDo We Live in a Biological Universe? No one has answered that question better than the single greatest mind in the history of science. To quote Einstein: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
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POPSThe 7 Most Bizarrely Unlucky People Who Ever Lived (Warning: language) We're not saying these are the unluckiest people in history; we realize the world is full of starving children and cancer victims. But sometimes you see people who have weird, one-in-a-million instances of bad luck, often over and over again, and you can't help but wonder if they didn't piss off a Gypsy at some point.
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POPSAnimal, human statues found in Burnt City more: Over 400 prehistoric sites have been excavated in Burnt City and archeologists expect the number to reach 1000. The 5000-year-old Burnt City is located near the city of Zabol and covers an area of over 300,000 hectares. Four civilizations have lived in the city which was burnt down three times; it was not rebuilt after the last fire. The world's oldest animated picture-book, dice and backgammon set, the earliest known caraway seed and artificial eyeball all been found in the Burnt City.
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