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Their earliest soft X-ray emission has been far more difficult to observe because most narrow-field X-ray telescopes depend on gamma-ray alerts to locate a burst before turning toward it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The history of Greece does not just offer us a glimpse of our institutions in their earliest forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The earliest animals would likely have been small and soft-bodied.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
The walls of what is thought to be one of medieval England's earliest and largest leprosy hospitals have been uncovered in Lincoln by Time Team archaeologists.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
These include the earliest dated set of European navigation instruments found thus far: compasses, protractors, calipers, sounding leads, tide calculators, and a device for calculating speed called a log reel.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
