observation
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"The findings highlight how assumptions about livestock intelligence may reflect gaps in observation rather than genuine cognitive limits," says Alice Auersperg, a cognitive biologist at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna.
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While the concept of the habitable zone has been studied since the 1970s, new observations could refine or even reshape current theories, Professor Kaltenegger explained.
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Researchers had already ruled out stripped stars and neutron stars because observations did not match theoretical predictions.
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"These simulations allow us to tease out small effects to determine what actually happens, helping us to understand our observations."
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By mapping how oxygen levels vary across NGC 1365 and comparing those observations with advanced simulations from the Illustris Project, the team reconstructed how the galaxy developed over 12 billion years.
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