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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Ray ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This trilobite was equipped with a 'hyper-eye' never seen before in the animal kingdom ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Trilobite with "hyper compound eyes" could see through hundreds of lenses, new X-ray study reveals. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iN7XSEwWuhsbVxgdTHSrK4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A fossilized trilobite with hyper-compound eyes]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A phacopid trilobite with hyper-compound eyes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare pink manta ray caught courting lady friend Down Under ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Photos of a bright pink manta ray have gone viral after the Pepto-Bismol-colored creature was spotted swimming near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sFBFzL6R4P7tGFnWSoJdtg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Thermonuclear Explosion in Sagittarius Constellation Is One of the Brightest Ever Recorded ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA astronomers have detected one of the brightest explosions of X-ray energy ever seen, and they think it came from a greedy neutron star in the Sagittarius constellation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:06:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v88EzQVWm7rFNGbWn9w5qd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A neutron star 11,000 light-years from Earth recently shot off the most powerful burst of X-ray energy ever detected by the International Space Station. NASA astronomers have traced it back to a mighty two-part explosion.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows a pulsar beaming powerful X-ray light out of its north pole while a vast disk of hydrogen and helium swirls around it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists Take First-Ever Image of a Faint Swirling Ring of Hydrogen Around Our Galaxy's Black Hole ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This cool cloud dances around the giant cosmic beast. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:38:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:24:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iMBkMsrmPWBmr4SKhJwqYC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of a cool ring of hydrogen gas that circles around our supermassive black hole.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of a cool ring of hydrogen gas that circles around our supermassive black hole.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's What the Universe Looks Like in X-Rays ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In NASA's new treasure map of the universe, X-ray marks the spot. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 19:30:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AGDmND5hHYE4jFHwBSugQa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s new all-sky map shows what the universe looks like in high-energy x-ray light.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 30 'Homeless' Binary Stars Spotted Drifting in the Void Outside Any Known Galaxy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The universe may be full of binary stars that have been exiled from their home galaxies, thanks to one star's rowdy behavior. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 11:09:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6edjspyWxBuoQmRMVXzWYL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/CXC/Nanjing University/X. Jin et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This pair of binary stars, floating outside any known galaxy, was probably jettisoned into interstellar space when one of the suns collapsed into a neutron star.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[binary exiled stars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists Have Created a Sound So Loud It Can Vaporize Water on Contact ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have used an X-ray laser to create the loudest possible underwater sound on Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:23:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9Yrx7yyRR9SWAipDyVeiSd-1280-80.gif">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Courtesy of Claudiu Stan/ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists used X-ray lasers to create a sound so loud that it vaporized water on contact.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Scientists used X-ray lasers to create a sound so loud that it vaporized water on contact.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Mummy Taken from Peru a Century Ago Was the Body of a Teen Boy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Brought to Pennsylvania from Peru in the early 1900s, the mummy's origins are murky. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:39:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/inVKA4hA2mpifA7Ug8rYpC-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Geisinger Radiology ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Experts recently conducted the first X-ray scans of a Peruvian mummy that had been in a Pennsylvania museum collection since 1923.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What the Heck Happened to This Yo-Yo Champ's Index Finger? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A yo-yo champion experienced dramatic ups and downs for the circulation in his index finger. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:11:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:29:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZETqv6rPGf3Hm5ukjcbMWg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Courtesy of Dave Schulte, aka Dazzling Dave]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[As seen in this angiogram, blood flow to a yo-yo performer&#039;s index finger was severely constricted, causing the finger to feel cold and turn purple.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Solar Flare '10 Billion Times More Powerful' Than Earth's Sun Blasted Out of Orion's Sword ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This crazy solar flare is more powerful than any ever blasted by Earth’s sun. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:22:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NNHw8TTXSh6KMzcp5eSj5o-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, perched atop the dormant Mauna Kea volcano, recently detected an incredibly powerful solar flare blasting out from the vicinity of Orion&#039;s belt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[mauna kea observatory]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's Why a Perfect Heart Shape Showed Up on a Girl's X-Ray ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An unusual X-ray shows a cartoonish heart seemingly floating in a child's esophagus. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:27:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z3Rv5bY2escEypQTGZsgKh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A &quot;heart-shaped foreign body&quot; appeared on a child&#039;s X-ray after she swallowed a metal pendant.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A &quot;heart-shaped foreign body&quot; appeared on a child&#039;s X-ray after she swallowed a metal pendant.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A &quot;heart-shaped foreign body&quot; appeared on a child&#039;s X-ray after she swallowed a metal pendant.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Archaeologists Used a 'Ray Gun' to Blast This Ancient Shipwreck Pottery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ To trace the origins of ancient pottery, scientists used a method that sounds like it's borrowed from science fiction. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:02:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:29:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H2acXe83uZxWkjuXH8wyWn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Copyright The Field Museum. Photo by Kate Golembiewski]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Qingbai ceramics from the Field Museum&#039;s Java Sea Shipwreck collection.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dark Energy Gets Weirder: Mysterious Force May Vary Over Time ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dark energy is even more mysterious than astronomers had thought, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:41:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:31:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dzZAsEsngDXSWmyq2Hsg8g-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[G.Risaliti &amp;amp; E.Lusso/Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Florence]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of quasars, along with observations of two of these superbright objects by NASA&#039;s Chandra X-ray Observatory (insets).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Quasar art]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What Is X-Ray Spectroscopy? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ X-ray spectroscopy is used in many areas of science, medicine and technology, to better understand the characteristics of a material at the atomic level. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:57:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachel Ross ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RkJervgyZzunWSzCVXX9Lk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This X-ray photoelectron spectrometer uses the principles of X-ray spectroscopy to measure the elemental composition of materials.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[X-ray photoelectron spectrometer]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What Are CT Scans and How Do They Work? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A computed tomography (CT) scan is a quick and painless way to diagnose an injury, abnormality or disease. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachel Ross ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NhpCiWC6d2y3UzvDC27wNY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A computerized tomography (CT) scan can be used to diagnose a wide variety of injuries and diseases.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[CT scan machine]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What Are X-Rays? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/32344-what-are-x-rays.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation. One of the most common uses of X-rays is for medical imaging. X-rays are also used in treating cancer and in exploring the cosmos. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jim Lucas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VRv8ab66tAfezxvXdXVpfe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[X-rays are a very energetic form of electromagnetic radiation that can be used to take images of the human body.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[x-rays, electromagnetic radiation]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weird Infrared Signal Emanates Across Space, But What Created It? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/63611-mysterious-infrared-signal-space.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The signal extends over a huge swath of space, an area that's 2.5 times bigger than the orbit of Pluto. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:00:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2KT9hCazaE35bFzYbxivw6-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A group of researchers recently observed a mysterious infrared emission coming from near a pulsar in NASA&#039;s Hubble Space telescope data. This animation depicts one possible source of the emission: a &quot;fallback disk&quot; or a disk that formed from materials of the parent star falling back into the neutron star after a supernova.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1st Color X-Rays of Human Body Are Bloody Amazing ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ You'll be thinking about these images, made with advanced CERN technology, all day. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:27:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:41:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F7AAEkgR4CV2yaSG7ncm4k-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA Will Solve a Massive Physics Mystery This Summer ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62436-neutron-star-pulsar-width-quantum.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ What size is a pulsar? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:22:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:47:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PCF8A5JHrfshPemC2g2q2h-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of two merging neutron stars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[LIGO merging neutron stars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Blink and You'll Miss It: Trap-Jaw Ant's Strike Is Swift, Deadly, Unique ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ X-ray scanners and high-speed video captured views of trap-jaw ants' jaws in action — inside and out.  ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:29:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:27:24 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hu9TiapisBBSkpthVwSrLk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Steve Shattuck ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers found that Myrmoteras ants&#039; jaws work differently than those of any other known ant.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 11 Weird Things People Have Swallowed ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/54727-weird-things-people-swallowed.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ People have swallowed all sorts of weird objects, from household items to tech gadgets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2017 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:24:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sHyLnAbxWffEWuc5rsednA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dr. Ghofran Ageely]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An X-ray shows a SpongeBob pendant that a toddler swallowed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An X-ray shows a SpongeBob pendant that a toddler swallowed.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ X-Ray Video Captures Maggot Metamorphosis ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using X-ray imaging, scientists have peered inside a pupa to capture time-lapse video of a maggot transforming into an adult blowfly. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:09:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:44:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zBigaULzck4eURB7VbvZFn-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Time lapse X-ray images of blowfly maggot pupation.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mystery Over Face-Down Skeleton Partly Solved ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ X-ray analysis reveals the 17-century man carried a satchel full of coins. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:42:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:01:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rossella Lorenzi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UtzWQja9PACyhRkEZ9Vqj5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Archäologischer Dienst des Kantons Bern]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The skeleton of a 17th-century man who was buried face-down.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Face-Down Skeleton]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rays Don't Stray: Giant Mantas Stick Close to Home ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/55127-manta-rays-dont-migrate.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study finds that giant manta rays have a much smaller traveling range than expected. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:09:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:33:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RmCd87hoieSwUvtKyuZLk7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Scripps Oceanography / Octavio Aburto ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scripps graduate student Josh Stewart swims near a giant oceanic manta ray at Bahia de Banderas, off Mexico&#039;s Pacific coast.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ X-Ray Laser Vaporizes Water Droplets in Striking New Video ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/54894-lasers-blow-up-liquid-droplets-video.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ What happens to droplets of liquid in the beam of an X-ray laser? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 17:36:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:42:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kacey Deamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fzv9Est3arP7ekVcHnMxZE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An ultrabright X-ray laser pulse vaporizes part of a liquid jet.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[liquid-explosions-slac-laser]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ X-Ray Scans 'Dig' Beneath Layers of Rembrandt Painting ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There's more than meets the eye in artist Rembrandt van Rijn's famous 17th-century painting, "Susanna and the Elders," according to a new study. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 17:38:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:12:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yHdJyy5prbNNHxTNpqvaCa-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[© Matthias Alfeld]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A macro X-ray fluorescence scanner next to the Rembrandt painting, &#039;Susanna and the Elders,&#039; at the Gemäldegalerie museum in Berlin.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rembrandt painting with X-ray scanner]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Colliding Galaxies Spark a Stunning Holiday Light Show (Photo) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new image shows "ultra-luminous X-ray sources" (ULXs) studding the spiral galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163, which are grazing each other about 130 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation Canis Major. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:04:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vX2Xb9cPCk8V3YNN8Z6YKH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This composite image of the grazing galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 contains data from NASA&#039;s Chandra, Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. (Chandra data shows up as pink, Hubble data as red, green and blue, and Spitzer data as red.)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This composite image of the grazing galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 contains data from NASA&#039;s Chandra, Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. (Chandra data shows up as pink, Hubble data as red, green and blue, and Spitzer data as red.)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Surprise! Devil Rays Found Lurking in Deep Ocean Waters ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New research suggests Chilean devil rays warm themselves in the sun at the surface then dive down to extreme depths in search of food. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kelly Dickerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cGKPGfm6Yrz3nHENbwGc6-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nuno Sá ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A group of Chilean devil rays swim together at the top of a seamount off the coast of the island of Santa Maria. Researchers have observed deep diving behavior in the species for the first time.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A group of Chilean devil rays swim together at the top of a seamount off the coast of the island of Santa Maria. Researchers have observed deep diving behavior in the species for the first time.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Source of Boy's Mysterious Lead Poisoning Was in an Unlikely Place ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When an 8-year-old boy's blood tests showed he had unusually high levels of lead, doctors began to look for the source of the toxic heavy metal. After some searching, the source of the lead was found in an unlikely place. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bahar Gholipour ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JrVBuhDBYfeY6HDNvA5mJd-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[The New England Journal of Medicine ©2013.]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How X-Rays Demystified a 2,500-Year-Old Battle Wound (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Why would an arrowhead remain lodged in an ancient Greek warrior's arm? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:15:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dr. Helise Coopersmith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PTfVLgf4QwFUUpYcfTrmgF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[North Shore-LIJ Health System.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dr. Helise Coopersmith (left), North Shore-LIJ musculoskeletal radiologist, joins Anagnostis Agelarakis, professor and chair of anthropology at Adelphi University, and Argie Agelarakis, a scientific illustrator, as they examine a 2,500-year-old bone fragment.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[researchers examine a 2,500-year-old bone fragment]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Black Holes May Have Been Common in Early Universe ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37262-black-holes-common-early-universe.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ These pioneers may have served as seeds for the supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies today. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:53:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:59:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2jTjLcDsEUq7uStkkQQFWm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[April Hobart, NASA, Chandra X-Ray Observatory]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the view into a black hole.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Monster Black Holes May Grow in Giant Star Cocoons]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA to Unveil Black Hole Discovery Wednesday ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The findings are based on observations made by the NuSTAR and XMM-Newton space telescopes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:47:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AydwodQBRgSN2hXa5W376o-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of a black hole like the one weighed in this work, sitting in the core of a disk galaxy. The black-hole in NGC4526 weighs 450,000,000 times more than our own Sun.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist Impression Black Hole in NGC4526]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Mystery of the Money Tree Revealed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists use chemistry to learn about an ancient bronze “money tree.” ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:35:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:55:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ellen Ferrante ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Cdsq5Lo4TWu6xbvmHZeWXn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tami Lasseter Clare, Portland State University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Photograph (left) and X-radiograph (right) of a branch of the money tree shaped like a dragon. Heavy encrustations visible in the photograph are transparent in the X-radiograph.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[nsf, chinese money tree, chemisty, history]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA X-Ray Mirror Idea Inspired by Scotch Tape (No, Really!) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tightly rolled reflective tape could create big — and relatively inexpensive — telescope mirrors. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:45:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:44:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Space.com Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8qejRAtvQxGfdeG8HTwoHP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA scientist Maxim Markevitch is studying the feasibility of building a low-cost X-ray space telescope mirror from plastic tape and tightly rolling it like the Scotch tape in most homes and offices. The whiteboard drawing shows the shape of the X-ray mirror roll.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA scientist Maxim Markevitch]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dental X-Rays Linked to Increased Brain Tumor Risk ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Could frequent dental X-rays lead to brain tumors? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:29:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:39:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joseph Castro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yLDiJHjEMpg8gRJxYoCihY-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dental X-ray photo via Shutterstock]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A dental X-ray is held up to the light.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A dental X-ray is held up to the light.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Supernova Explosion Ripped Star's Guts Inside Out ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/19423-supernova-explosion-star-guts.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The huge supernova explosion that killed Cassiopeia A apparently turned it inside out, too. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:30:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Space.com Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TxLXqNCNvs7uPmc7wBnpWQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/GSFC/U.Hwang &amp; J.Laming]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A &quot;before&quot; artist&#039;s illustration (left) and observations from NASA&#039;s Chandra X-ray Observatory (right) show how an explosion turned the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A inside out.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[supernova explosion star inside ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA Black Hole Probe to Hunt Galactic Hearts of Darkness ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's NuSTAR mission will peer through the dust and gas to see what what lies in the centers of other galaxies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:53:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nola Taylor Tillman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ooqBanVddJ43ytg5WrP2dB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s concept of NuSTAR on orbit. The mission&#039;s launch is slated for spring 2012, though no firm date has been set. NuSTAR has two identical optics modules in order to increase sensitivity. The background is an image of the galactic center obtained with the Chandra X-ray Observatory.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NuSTAR on orbit]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Our Galaxy's Giant Black Hole May Munch on Asteroids ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/18396-giant-black-hole-asteroids-milkyway.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The supermassive black hole is spewing out X-ray flares on a daily basis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:59:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:35:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Space.com Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VQw8iZBoLhhbsqZ9XF43iN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This image from NASA&#039;s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the center of our galaxy, which hosts a supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A* for short). Chandra has detected X-ray flares about once a day from Sgr A*; they may result from the black hole gobbling up asteroids, as the artist&#039;s concept on the right depicts.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sagittarius A]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Images: Stunning Fish X-rays ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Striking black-and-white x-rays show fish bones in a new light. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:48:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qQbnk7nUYi6GVscZnjCRYe-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sandra J. Raredon,  Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A travelling Smithsonian exhibit set to debut in New Haven, Conn. in July reveals the insides of fish in a whole new light. This is a moray eel, a major predator on coral reefs. The image reveals a second set of &quot;jaws&quot; in the eel&#039;s throat. These are the gill arches, which support the eel&#039;s gills. All fish have gill arches.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Moray X-ray]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stunning X-rays Reveal Fish Insides ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Striking black-and-white x-rays show fish bones in a new light. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oyf4xK8wGyuhRy9oJBuaKN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[It&#039;s not hard to see where this fish gets its name. A sloped head makes the lookdown fish look like it&#039;s always, well, looking down. Lookdowns like shallow waters in the western Atlantic.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lookdown x-ray]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Behind the Scenes: Deciphering the Elements of Iconic Pottery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ What do cutting edge research into future space travel and the investigation of ancient ceramic pots have in common? More than you'd think. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:52:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:14:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melissa Abraham ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NdmLrQjNfc6wV8HjSjvNqL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A collaborative group of California scientists from the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), the Aerospace Corporation and the Department of Energy&#039;s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) at Stanford is investigating the ancient technology used to create works of art, such as the Greek vase above. From their study of the makeup of this iconic pottery, the researchers hope to further current conservation practice and future space travel. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ancient pottery with a depiction of a woman on it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant Black Hole Looks Like 'Eye of Sauron,' Scientists Say ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The "eye" is really the environment around a spiral galaxy called NGC 4151, which is 43 million light-years from Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:28:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:35:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Space.com Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nAhY2q4TSmCSkyArtD2XQT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The supermassive black hole at the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 4151 has created a structure that astronomers call the &quot;Eye of Sauron,&quot; after the evil wizard in J.R.R. Tolkien&#039;s &quot;Lord of the Rings&quot; novels. This image is a composite of images taken by several different telescopes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The supermassive black hole at the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 4151 has created a structure that astronomers call the &quot;Eye of Sauron,&quot; after the evil wizard in J.R.R. Tolkien&#039;s &quot;Lord of the Rings&quot; novels. This image is a composite of images taken by s]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[The supermassive black hole at the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 4151 has created a structure that astronomers call the &quot;Eye of Sauron,&quot; after the evil wizard in J.R.R. Tolkien&#039;s &quot;Lord of the Rings&quot; novels. This image is a composite of images taken by s]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Exploded Star Reveals Strange New Matter ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ultradense core of an exploded star contains superfluids, a strange form of superconducting matter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:46:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:35:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Space.com Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pP6ExTSbMhBHoRRwzAL5YX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This image presents a composite of X-rays from Chandra (red, green, and blue) and optical data from Hubble (gold) of Cassiopeia A, the remains of a massive star that exploded in a supernova. Inset: A cutout of the interior of the neutron star, where densities increase from the crust (orange) to the core (red) and finally to the region where the &quot;superfluid&quot; exists (inner red ball).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This image presents a composite of X-rays from Chandra (red, green, and blue) and optical data from Hubble (gold) of Cassiopeia A, the remains of a massive star that exploded in a supernova. Inset: A cutout of the interior of the neutron star, where densi]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Heart Scan Radiation Linked to Small Rise in Cancer Risk ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ But the benefits of getting a heart scan after a heart attack likely outweigh potential cancer risks, experts say. ]]>
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                                                                                                                            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:11:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:21:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Distant Galaxy Cluster Has a Cold Quasar Heart ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A space telescope has spotted a strange, distant galaxy cluster whose heart is surprisingly cold. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:37:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:38:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Space.com Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EDg3ncEu7TpLxnmvRpTLe8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed an unusual galaxy cluster that contains a bright core of relatively cool gas surrounding a quasar called 3C 186. This is the most distant such object yet observed.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5 Everyday Things That Are Radioactive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The average American is exposed about 620 millirem (mrem) of radiation each year, according to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This radiation comes from both natural and man-made sources. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:27:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:14:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Remy Melina ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ibm36omAiGjyJB56NWQfSi-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This chart shows where the average person gets their yearly radiation dose from (measures in mrems). Half comes from natural &#039;background radiation&#039; present in the environment, which inludes cosmic rays and the Earth itself. The other half comes from man-made sources, which can be medical, commercial or industrial.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ionizing-radiation-100927-02]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Radiation May Strike Airline Passengers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Airplane passengers that fly through storms may be exposed to high levels of radiation, according to new research. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:29:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:23:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4ceDW4HScLzL8veqFTe6h8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[There&#039;s a small chance that passengers aboard an airplane flying through a storm may be exposed to high levels of radiation, new research suggests.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Kidney Stone Treatment Would Nudge Rather Than Blast ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers are developing a new technique to move kidney stones with low-intensity ultrasound waves ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:25:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:04:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KmwbBtxJxwk9ALAXrqtDnB-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Wei Lu, Anup Shah, Bryan W. Cunitz, Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Michael R. Bailey, University of Washington.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Image of a pig kidney taken using a technique called x-ray fluoroscopy. The kidney stone, which appears dark because of a contrast agent, was implanted in the kidney. Using low intensity ultrasound waves, researchers were able to move the stone form the lower left of the kidney to the upper right and then out the long descending tube.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Primitive Primate's Brain Built ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have constructed a virtual model of an early primate brain using an ancient skull. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:34:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EJ8kcSQVjA2coAURish2Td-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Eric Zamora, University of Florida]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[University of Florida vertebrate paleontologist Jonathan Bloch holds this 1.5-inch-long Ignacius graybullianus skull up to an image of its brain. In many ways, the early primate behaved like living primates but with a brain that was one-half to two-thirds the size of the smallest modern primates.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Airport Body Scans Reveal All ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New airport security scanners could replace body searches. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Hsu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6AxCjonFxtTPUvvcqbMjwN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Millimeter wave technology produces whole body images (woman at left, man at right) that reveal what&#039;s under your clothes, including Metallic or non-metallic devices and objects are displayed, including weapons, explosives and other items that a passenger is carrying on his/her person. The images are viewed by a Transportation Security Officer in a remote location. According to the TSA: To ensure privacy, the setup &quot;has zero storage capability and images will not be printed stored or transmitted. Once the transportation security officer has viewed the image and resolved anomalies, the image is erased from the screen permanently. The officer is unable to print, export, store or transmit the image.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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