For years, an Australian man believed the unusually heavy rock he found while metal detecting was gold. The dull, lumpy object seemed promising enough to keep, but repeated attempts to extract any ...

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In the rugged goldfields of southeastern Australia, a local prospector spent years trying to crack open a mysterious, rust-colored rock. He was convinced it held gold. The object was unusually heavy, ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...