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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

Ebola, believed to have originated in bats, can cause severe bleeding and organ failure.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Firms that have originated the credit are retaining the vast majority of credit-risk exposure and are “actually very engaged in terms of monitoring and potentially restructuring the loans if there are any challenges,” Adrian said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

"We have talked for many years about the possibility that life may have originated at deep-sea hydrothermal vents," Lutz said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Some of these carvings suggest that the objects may have originated with the recognition and elaboration of some chance resemblance.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson