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Cryolithic writes:
The largest cache of dinosaur bones ever found has been unearthed in Alberta. From the article: "Scientists in Alberta have discovered the largest dinosaur bonebed ever documented – along with evidence of massive carnage – near Hilda, 50 km north of Medicine Hat"
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Cryolithic writes:
Astronomer discovers the most distant stars ever seen
From the Vancouver Sun
A University of B.C. astronomer has discovered the farthest cluster of stars ever seen by a human eye — a find he hopes will reveal secrets about the formation of the universe.
Two months ago, Harvey Richer and Jason Kalirai, a former PhD student who now works for the University of California, Santa Cruz, used NASA's Hubble telescope to see a cluster of stars one billion light-years from Earth. A light-year is roughly the equivalent of nine trillion kilometres.
They will present their discovery today at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle.
