Byline: University of Chicago

Gravitational Lens Reveals Details of Distant Galaxy

By University of Chicago on Mar 9, 2012 Science/Education

Thanks to the presence of a natural â€œzoom lensâ€ in space, University of Chicago scientists working with NASAâ€™s Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a uniquely close-up look at the brightest gravitationally magnified galaxy yet discovered.

Explosive Evolution Need Not Follow Mass Extinctions

By University of Chicago on Feb 14, 2012 Science/Education

Following one of Earthâ€™s five greatest mass extinctions, tiny marine organisms called graptoloids did not begin to rapidly develop new physical traits until about 2 million years after competing species became extinct.

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