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Together, these complementary approaches will allow scientists to investigate how planets form throughout the galaxy, including in the region where our own solar system may have originated.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Vivien and Alice are summoned to an emergency meeting at the White House, where they are told that the signal that set off this strange event originated in China.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

First identified in 1976 and believed to have originated in bats, Ebola is a deadly viral disease spread through direct contact with bodily fluids.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

A train boxcar where six migrants were found dead in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday originated from Long Beach, police officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

But those crops originated in tropical Southeast Asia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond