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If Life on Mars Ever Existed, This Bizarre Rock May Tell Us
If Life on Mars Ever Existed, This Bizarre Rock May Tell Us The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not By Alexandra Witze & Nature magazine The black-ringed ‘leopard spots’ on a Martian rock might be evidence of chemical reactions that could have involved microorganisms. NASA’s…
This Supermassive Black Hole May Harbor a Bizarre Undead Star
This Supermassive Black Hole May Harbor a Bizarre Star That Refuses to Die Strange x-ray pulses hint at a surprisingly long-lived white dwarf orbiting precariously close to a supermassive black hole By Gayoung Lee edited by Lee Billings An artist’s impression of a tidal disruption event, in which a star passes too close to a…
Bizarre Australian mole even more unusual than first thought, new research reveals
Experts say marsupial mole DNA shows they are closely linked to bandicoots and bilbies and their ancestors probably evolved in rainforests University of Melbourne researchers, who led the study, extracted DNA from a museum specimen then sequenced and analysed its genome to uncover the evolutionary secrets of the golden-haired species, about which “almost nothing is…
‘Never seen this in my life’ – was ‘bizarre’ penalty harsh on Arsenal?
This video can not be played ‘Do fans want to see these given?!’ MOTD pundits on Brighton penalty Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta bemoaned a penalty decision he called “bizarre” as his side’s Premier League title challenge suffered a setback at Brighton. The second-placed Gunners looked on course to claim a precious three points on the…