Dinosaur age meets the space age

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A slab of sandstone found on the campus of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland may help scientists rewrite the history of mammal and dinosaur co-existence during the Cretaceous era.
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The Super Blue Blood Moon: Pictures From an Astronomical Hat Trick

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Around the world, people woke up early or stayed up late to take in the cosmic coincidence of a blue moon, a supermoon and a lunar eclipse.
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Skin-inspired coating that's as hard as teeth and can heal itself

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Self-healing smart coatings could someday make scratches on cell phones a thing of the past. But researchers often have to compromise between strength and the ability to self-repair when developing these materials. Now, one group reports the development of a smart coating that is as hard as tooth enamel on the outside but can heal itself like skin can.
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Emission from the center of a galaxy has a serpentine shape

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An international group of scientists has discovered a peculiar spiral jet with many twists.
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Astronomers find one of the first stars formed in the Milky Way

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Researchers have identified a star which is a key to the formation of the first chemical elements in the Galaxy.
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Where NASA Put a Parking Lot, Dinosaurs and Mammals Once Crossed Paths

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An 8.5-foot-long slab found in Maryland preserved tracks left by prehistoric creatures. The site was almost obliterated before the rock was unearthed.
via New York Times