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Planetary nebulae are short-lived “leftovers” of sun-like stars. Most of these “star ghosts” only last—at most—about 25,000 years. Usually, their clouds of debris disperse so broadly that they fade out fairly quickly. However, there’s…

Look, it’s right there in the name: “Senate,” borrowed from the Romans and meaning a council of elders. More than ever, the label fits. This is the oldest Senate, by average age, in American history, at 64 years. Jim Inhofe and Richard…

Ohio State's campus is full of legendary bars, restaurants and campus spots – and we visit all of them. This week, we talked to Tony Mollica – the owner and operator of Varsity Club – to learn a little bit about the history, the…

Tona Moore has been buying products from Willis Beauty Supply for 50 years, but her connection to the business runs deeper.Co-owner James Willis helped her get her first job at Goodman’s Beauty Corner on North Fourth Street in Italian…

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Dr. Charles Bennett was awarded one of the oldest scientific prizes in the nation for his role in leading a NASA mission to measure the origin and development of the universe.The…

Astronomers are struggling to understand the discrepancies when measuring the expansion rate of the universe with different methods, and are desperate for any creative idea to break the tension. A new method involving some of the oldest…

The oldest DNA ever recovered from an animal is adding new chapters to mammoth life history, going back more than 1 million years. Genetic material from ancient mammoth molars found in Siberia handily beats the previous record…