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'Extrasolar cartography' technique could provide rough pictures of alien worlds.
Sighting may help improve understanding of the early universe.
The first magnetic fields appeared randomly after the Big Bang.
New research corrects misinterpretations of faraway stars' brightnesses and distances.
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Physicists propose experiment to test hypothesis that reality is just a computer simulation.
Two companies discussed hosting science experiments outside of Earth.
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