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Astronomers have found what may be the smallest galaxy ever

This deep sky image (left) contains a star cluster (right) that could be the faintest and smallest galaxy ever seen…

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The Brazilian flea toad may be the world’s smallest vertebrate

A Brazilian flea toad’s head is too tiny to bear its many crowns. Scientists have bestowed the frog — which…

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How one of the smallest fish makes a sound as loud as a firecracker

A male Danionella cerebrum fish Ralf Britz/Senckenberg Dresden One of the world’s smallest fish, measuring just 12 millimetres long, can…

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Brazilian flea toad may be the world’s smallest vertebrate

A flea toad perches on 1 Brazilian real (the coin has a diameter of 27 millimetres) Renato Gaiga A tiny…

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The smallest known molecular knot is made of just 54 atoms

Imagine a knot so small that it can’t be seen with the naked eye. Then think even smaller. Chemists have…

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World’s smallest ‘fanged’ frogs found in Indonesia

In general, frogs’ teeth aren’t anything to write home about — they look like pointy little pinpricks lining the upper…

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This tiny ‘leaf-nester’ is the smallest known fanged frog

Frogs are well known for their sticky, whip-like tongues, lumpy warts, and the colorful, poisonous skin covering some species. One…

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Astronomers have spotted what may be the smallest stars ever seen

Possibly the smallest stars ever discovered NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Kevin Luhman (PSU), Catarina Alves de Oliveira (ESA) The border…

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