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  Hundreds of Superflares Spotted

  But the new data from a NASA spacecraft cast doubt on a popular theory for what triggers the planet-roasting bursts of energy.

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  "Body Jars," Cliff Coffins Revealed

  Perched on cliff ledges, centuries-old log coffins and "body jars" are the only known traces of an unknown Cambodian tribe.

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  Year's Best Night-Sky Pictures

  A holiday comet, Icelandic auroras, and the Milky Way feature among the winning shots from the International Earth and Sky Photo Contest.

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  Prehistoric "Panda" Found in Spain

  A small fossil bear recently identified in Spain suggests China's giant panda has European roots, a new study says.

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  Space Pictures This Week

  A supermoon looms, a solar flare erupts, and night-shining clouds glow in this week's best space pictures.

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  New Planet in Our Solar System?

  An unseen world might be disturbing the orbits of several objects in the outer solar system, new calculations hint.

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  Runner's High Hardwired

  The pleasurable sensation known as "runner's high" may have motivated human and canine ancestors to build endurance, a new study says.

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  Sun Is Slower Than Thought

  New NASA data hint that our star is moving too slow to form a bow shock, a structure long thought to protect us from cosmic rays.

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  New Maya Mural Refutes 2012 Myth

  Unprecedented paintings and calculations have emerged from under the Guatemalan jungle—including evidence against the 2012 "doomsday myth."

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  Pictures: Maya "Workshop" Found

  See the rare, newfound Maya artworks and calculations that show mysterious figures and contradict popularly held 2012 apocalypse theories.