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From visible starlight to radio waves, the Milky Way galaxy has long been observed through the various frequencies of electromagnetic radiation it emits.
It could be a scene from a Hollywood horror movie: NSF-funded researchers found a new species of living creatures — described as pale, eyeless and with nearly 500 legs — thriving in the soil under Los…
The U.S. National Science Foundation supports research opportunities and provides stipends for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and scholars.
An international study, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation, found that horses have been present on the Great Plains of North America since as early as the 16th century.