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Going To the Dark Side: Yale Scientist Helps NASA Understand Moon’s Origins

Earth and planetary scientist Jun Korenaga will be part of the science team for CLOE, a NASA-funded project looking at the moon’s origin.

Early Universe May Be ‘Teeming’ With Bright Galaxies, New Data Reveals

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the universe may have started forming star-filled galaxies earlier than previously thought.

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Yale Tests a Treatment For Skin Diseases That Often Target Children

Yale dermatologists are playing a key role in testing a new treatment for an often-disfiguring group of skin diseases that develop in children.

Yale Device Delivers Data From ‘Hell Planet,’ Leads Astronomers To Its Orbit

A Yale-designed and developed instrument has given astronomers a better idea of how 55 Cnc e — also known as the “hell planet” — got where it is today.

Going To The ‘Femoral Head’ Of The Class To Explain Dinosaur Evolution

A new study by Yale paleontologists charts the radical evolutionary changes to the thigh bones of dinosaurs and birds that allowed them to stand on two feet.

Going To The ‘Femoral Head’ Of The Class To Explain Dinosaur Evolution

Dinosaurs — and birds — wouldn’t have been able to stand on their own two feet without some radical changes to their upper thigh bones. Now, a new study by Yale paleontologists charts the evolutionary course of these leggy alterations.

Thin Crust or Thick? Yale Researchers Try to Solve a Continental Question

The crusty conundrum carries fundamental implications. The thickness of continental crust

Snapping a Cosmic Selfie — the First Image of the Milky Way’s Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, an international collaboration aimed at gathering direct images of black holes, has now set its sights close to home.