The exoplanet, known as GJ 1214 b, was detected by the Hubble Space Telescope and dubbed a "waterworld" by the science ...

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As darkness fell across a windmill farm in western India, a spiky creature emerged from some nearby rocks to hunt. Its “large ...

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Scientists found “large”-eyed creatures with “slender” limbs mating ... but it wasn’t the only one searching. Visiting scientists noticed the “slender”-limbed animals — and ...