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As astronomers discover more and more planets in galaxies far, far away, they are increasingly confronted with a curious subset of orbs that are free-floating and not connected to or orbiting a particular star. Further complicating matters is that within that group, most of what they have found are gassy, […]
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One Direction with fans in Japan as they promote ‘The 1Derland: THIS IS US’, 2013: Getty Ten years ago today, five teenage lads – Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Harry Styles – were thrown together in the audition stages of The X Factor. They were chosen […]
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, professor Dorsey Armstrong (at Stonehenge in England) has gained acclaim for her expertise as the lecturer on a video series called “The Black Death: The World’s Most Devastating Plague.” (Ryan Schneider/Special to The Times) Before COVID-19, Purdue University English professor Dorsey Armstrong was […]
Kemp’s ridley sea turtles at Padre Island, off the Gulf Coast of Texas. (National Park Service) Every summer, thousands of people travel to Padre Island National Seashore at dawn to cheer on sea turtle hatchlings as they are released into the surf. It’s a huge tourist attraction for this national […]