At first, David Elze thought lightning or a tree hit the building where he works in Logan Township, New Jersey, as tiles fell from the ceiling Wednesday afternoon. But it wasn't either of those things ...
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When atmospheric chemists Paul Crutzen and John Birks added smoke into their computer models of nuclear war scenarios, they ...
Scientists found ancient stardust in Antarctic ice. This dust comes from exploded stars. It shows Earth has traveled through ...