ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Federal health researchers have tested nearly 2,200 people in northeastern Pennsylvania for a genetic mutation associated with a rare blood cancer. The testing found the mutation in 19 people, or 1.6 percent of those who participate
The life of a large family of stars has been revealed in stunning detail by a technique that removes the blurring effects of Earth's atmosphere. The young star cluster Trumpler 14 can be seen clearly in the new image taken by the adaptive optics sy
A gigantic, previously unknown set of galaxies has been found in the distant universe, shedding light on the underlying skeleton of the cosmos. Matter is not distributed uniformly in the universe, said Masayuki Tanaka, an astronomer with the Euro
The most distant known galaxy cluster has been discovered with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The cluster, known as JKCS041, is located about 10.2 billion light-years away and is observed as it was when the universe was only about a quarter of i
CHENNAI (Reuters) - Geologists have found a cluster of fossilised dinosaur eggs, said to be about 65 million years old, in a village in Tamil Nadu, according to media reports. We found layer upon layer of spherical eggs and body parts of dinosaur
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Geologists have found a cluster of fossilized dinosaur eggs, said to be about 65 million years old, in a village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, according to media reports. We found layer upon layer of spheric
BERLIN - Delegates from over 80 countries pledging to destroy their cluster bombs started a two-day conference in Berlin to assess progress since a 2008 agreement banning the weapons. Absent however were the United States, Israel, Russia and Georgi
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