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The mystery of how the darkest galaxies in the Universe came to exist may have been solved by scientists.
Dwarf spheroidals are galaxies composed almost entirely
of dark matter; faint examples have been discovered orbiting the Milky
Way and Andromeda galaxies.
Scientists believe these dark systems were once
gas-rich, but as they became satellites of larger galaxies, most of
their visible [...]
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Six US teenagers conceived from the same sperm donor
have finally met their biological father after he responded to a public
appeal to come forward.
Jeffrey Harrison first read in the New York Times of two
girls who were looking for the identity of “Donor 150″, the name given
to his samples.
He balked at coming forward initially, worried about [...]
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The last film made by model and actress Anna Nicole Smith is to be released in the US on DVD in May, distributors say.
Illegal Aliens, a low-budget, high-camp comedy was partly financed by Smith, a former Playboy model.
She stars as one of three aliens who become “super-hot
babes and arrive to protect the Earth from intergalactic [...]
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Japanese whaling ship has caught fire near
Antarctica, leaving one crew member missing and raising fears of
environmental damage.
The blaze on board the Nisshin Maru prompted the evacuation of its crew onto other ships.
The cause of the fire is still unknown, but New Zealand authorities said it had nothing to do with whaling protestors.
The whaling [...]
