FARGO — Our planet Earth is tilted. That is to say, its axis of daily rotation is tilted about 23 and a half degrees from its axis of revolution around the sun. It is this tilt that gives us seasons.

But new research suggests a new player is making an impact: us. By studying foraminifera, tiny single-celled marine organisms that leave behind fossil shells, a team of researchers from the University ...

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A group of US astronomers may have uncovered the first evidence for a dark matter sub-halo lurking just beyond our stellar neighborhood. Reporting their findings in Physical Review Letters, a team led ...