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Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. It has long been debated whether the largest pterosaurs could fly at...
Extensive geologic evidence of ancient volcanic activity can be found on the moon, but how long this volcanism persisted has been unclear. However, Prof. Li Qiuli's Lab at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the...

Dark matter: Our review suggests it’s time to ditch it in favor of a new theory of gravity

We can model the motions of planets in the Solar System quite accurately using Newton's laws of physics. But in the early 1970s, scientists...

Tonga volcano eruption was among the most powerful ever observed, triggering atmospheric gravity waves

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai submarine volcano in January 2022 was one of the most explosive volcanic events of the modern era,...

Scientists describe a gravity telescope that could image exoplanets

In the time since the first exoplanet was discovered in 1992, astronomers have detected more than 5,000 planets orbiting other stars. But when astronomers...

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