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		<title>New Map of Dark Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 04:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dark matter is postulated to exist in order to explain the gravitational force which holds galaxies together. There is not enough visible matter to explain it. Members of the international Dark Energy Survey (DES) team – a collaborative effort to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/new-map-of-dark-matter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Late Devonian Extinction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 04:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a BBC Podcast first broadcast on 11 March 2021, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating mass extinctions of the Late Devonian Period, roughly 370 million years ago, when around 70 percent of species disappeared. Scientists are still trying &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/the-late-devonian-extinction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Expanding Worldviews: Astrobiology, Big History and Cosmic Perspectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Big History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conference]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This conference, organised by Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, will be held in London on 19 and 20 September 2019. Astrobiology and Big History are two relatively new intellectual disciplines, the former focussed on searching for life elsewhere in the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/expanding-worldviews-astrobiology-big-history-and-cosmic-perspectives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Great Oxygen Poisoning</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WykenSeagrave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oxygen Poisoning]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[About 2.4 billion years ago there was a dramatic increase in the level of free oxygen in the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere, which led to the widespread extinction of many species of bacteria which had evolved when the atmosphere was anaerobic. Previously &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/great-oxygen-poisoning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Redshift z value</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WykenSeagrave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2016 06:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Redshift]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Redshift is the name given to the change in colour of objects which are moving away from us. At normal speeds this change is so small we do not notice, but when we use powerful telescopes to look at distant &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/redshift-z-value/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Evolution of Milky Way-like Galaxies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 06:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The images below show how galaxies similar in mass to our home galaxy, the Milky Way, evolved over time. The images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveal that Milky Way-like galaxies grow larger in size and in stellar mass &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/evolution-milkyway-like-galaxies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reconstruction of Early Milky Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cosmology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In one of the most comprehensive multi-observatory galaxy surveys yet, astronomers find that galaxies like our Milky Way underwent a stellar &#8220;baby boom,&#8221; churning out stars at a prodigious rate, about 30 times faster than today. Our Sun, however, is &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/reconstruction-of-early-milky-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Universe has lost 90% of its galaxies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In analyzing data from deep-sky census assembled from surveys taken by NASA&#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories, a team led by Christopher Conselice of the University of Nottingham, U.K., found that 10 times as many galaxies were packed into &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/universe-has-lost-90-of-its-galaxies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Solar System is in Orion Arm of Galaxy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Orion Arm is a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way some 3,500 light-years (1,100 parsecs) across and approximately 10,000 light-years (3,100 parsecs) in length. The Solar System, including the Earth, lies within the Orion Arm. It is also &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/solar-system-is-in-orion-arm-of-galaxy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Earth’s magnetic field maintained by Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Magnetic field]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Earth&#8217;s magnetic field permanently protects us from the charged particles and radiation that originate in the Sun. This shield is produced by the geodynamo, the rapid motion of huge quantities of liquid iron alloy in the Earth&#8217;s outer core. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/earths-magnetic-field-maintained-by-moon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Historic First Observation of Gravitational Waves</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2016 06:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC, for the first time in history, the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory both observed a transient gravitational-wave signal. Based on previous simulations of possible observations, the Ligo Collaboration Team was able &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/historic-first-observation-of-gravitational-waves/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits the sun every 15,000 years. During the solar system’s infancy 4.5 billion years ago, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/astronomers-say-a-neptune-sized-planet-lurks-beyond-pluto/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Could There Be a Crisis in Physics?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great Podcast on Science Friday If you don&#8217;t know Science Friday podcasts, this is a good place to start. Physicist Lawrence Krauss and Nobel Laureates Frank Wilczek and Brian Schmidt discuss cosmic challenges. Episode Download Link (24 MB): http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/sciencefriday/scifri201401312.mp3 Show &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/could-there-be-a-crisis-in-physics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Colossal star explosion detected – BBC News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2016 05:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Astronomers have seen what could be the most powerful supernova ever detected. The exploding star a super-luminous supernova, was first seen 3.8 billion light-years from Earth by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) in June 2015 and is still radiating vast &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/colossal-star-explosion-detected-bbc-news-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Colossal star explosion detected – BBC News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35315509 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/colossal-star-explosion-detected-bbc-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pebble accretion helps explain origin of gas giants in Solar System</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is widely held that the first step in forming gas-giant planets, such as Jupiter and Saturn, was the production of solid cores each with a mass roughly ten times that of the Earth. Getting the cores to form before &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/pebble-accretion-helps-explain-origin-of-gas-giants-in-solar-system/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cosmic filaments exposed near huge cluster</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has revealed three massive filaments of hot gas flowing towards a cluster of galaxies, uncovering a portion of the cosmic skeleton that pervades the entire Universe. Source: Cosmic filaments exposed near huge cluster &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/cosmic-filaments-exposed-near-huge-cluster/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Did Asteroid Impact or Volcanic Eruption Kill the Dinosaurs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Compelling new evidence supports the hypothesis that the Chicxulub asteroid off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico 66 million years ago ignited volcanoes around the globe, most catastrophically in India, and that, together, these two planet-wide catastrophes caused &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/did-asteroid-impact-or-volcanic-eruption-kill-the-dinosaurs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Primordial O2 perhaps incorporated into comet during formation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The European Space Agency (ESA) announced today that its Rosetta spacecraft has made the first in situ detection of oxygen molecules outgassing from a comet, a surprising observation that suggests they were incorporated into the comet during its formation. “We &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/primordial-o2-perhaps-incorporated-into-comet-during-formation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hadza people – Last living hunter-gatherers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2015 17:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Hadza, or Hadzabe are an indigenous ethnic group in north-central Tanzania, living around Lake Eyasi in the central Rift Valley and in the neighbouring Serengeti Plateau. The Hadza number just under 1,000. Some 300–400 Hadza live as hunter-gatherers, much &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://historyoftheuniverse.com/news/hadza-people-last-living-hunter-gatherers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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