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Extreme fires caused by ancient humans wiped out C...
A series of catastrophic fires killed off many large mammals in southern California by 13,000 years ...
James Webb Space Telescope confirms 'Maisie's gala...
The universe's age when Maisie's galaxy was seen by the James Webb Space Telescope has been confirme...
Powerful helium star could finally reveal secrets ...
A newly discovered, highly magnetic and massive helium star could explain how magnetars, stellar cor...
All of Neptune’s clouds have vanished – it may be ...
Over the past few years, the white clouds that usually shroud Neptune’s surface have disappeared, an...
Watch SpaceX launch 21 Starlink satellites early F...
SpaceX plans to launch 21 of its Starlink satellites to orbit early Friday (Aug. 18), and you can wa...
Astronaut-artist Karen Nyberg unveils quilt portra...
The 50th woman to fly into space, Karen Nyberg has paid tribute to the first woman and first America...
Black holes may be hurtling around at 10 per cent ...
When two black holes merge to form a single one, it can zoom off at an extraordinary pace – but scie...
Flies riding on a carousel suggest that insects li...
Fruit flies with access to a spinning carousel seem to ride on it for fun in a rare case of play-lik...
India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander successfully sep...
India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander is a step closer to landing on the moon after separating Aug. 17 ...
Perseid meteor shower 2023 lights up the sky in th...
Gaze at some of our best 2023 Perseid meteor shower photo submissions from across the world.
Watch how 'Ahsoka' explores the bond between Jedi ...
A new 'Ahsoka' featurette goes behind the scenes to delve into the connection between Jedi masters a...
Driverless cars may struggle to spot children and ...
The accuracy of pedestrian-detecting AI systems may be biased against some groups of people, fuellin...
A 142-year-old astronomy building was serendipitou...
The foundations of Michigan State University's first astronomy building recently came to light, show...
Wildfires made worse by plants starting to grow ea...
Wildfires in the northern hemisphere burn more fiercely when plants start growing earlier in the yea...
Negative emotions really do make events seem to la...
When people are shown pictures evoking negative emotions, they remember time as passing more slowly,...
How did supermassive black holes get so big so fas...
Finding supermassive black holes with masses billions of times greater than the sun under a billion ...
Flying bird robot can soar so well it uses almost ...
An autonomous flying robot can float in place like a bird, using its throttle just 0.25 per cent of ...
Rare iron meteorite could help reveal secrets of e...
Scientists have discovered the origin of a rare iron meteorite that fell to Earth in 2020. It's the ...
SpaceX's Crew-7 mission will launch international ...
The astronauts on SpaceX's Crew-7 mission emphasized how well the International Space Station partne...
Morning-after pill is more effective when taken wi...
The emergency contraceptive levonorgestrel is much more effective at preventing pregnancy if the ant...
Pig kidney transplant in brain-dead man still func...
It has been 32 days since Maurice Miller, a dead man who is being kept on life support, received a g...
Deadly wildfires in Hawaii seen from International...
Not only is the devastation being thoroughly documented around the world, but it's also being record...
Gene-edited yeasts transform bread and give rice w...
We can change the flavour and texture of foods like bread and rice wine by tweaking the genomes of t...
The US Air Force challenged teams to hack into a s...
The U.S. Air Force has announced the winners of its first-of-its-kind satellite hacking competition,...
NASA's New Horizons will investigate Uranus from t...
An observing campaign involving New Horizons, the Hubble Space Telescope and perhaps even you is des...
SpaceX submits Starship mishap report to the FAA
SpaceX has submitted to the FAA its final report about the debut launch of its Starship vehicle, whi...
Inhalable mRNAs will boost vaccines and therapies ...
Delivering mRNAs to the cells lining the nose and lungs will make vaccines more effective and may al...
How NASA's Curiosity rover overcame its steepest M...
The Curiosity Mars rover recently aced its toughest Red Planet climb yet: a sharp 23-degree slope co...
Artemis 4 astronauts will be 1st crew to use NASA'...
The first Artemis mission to make use of NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway will be Artemis 4 in 2028, age...
India prepping to launch 1st sun-studying spacecra...
India is gearing up for its first-ever mission to study the sun, Aditya-L1, which is expected to lau...
Springy ice seen for the first time may explain ho...
Clouds are made up of many tiny drops of liquid water suspended at temperatures below freezing, befo...
Ötzi the iceman was dark-skinned and balding, sugg...
The genome of Ötzi, the 5300-year-old mummified man found in the Alps, was first published in 2012, ...
Wiping stem cells 'clean' could make them easier t...
A technique for reprogramming adult cells that removes any trace of their origins could help produce...
US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targe...
The United States Space Force has activated its first and only unit dedicated to targeting other nat...
A guide to cosmic fireworks, from stellar flares t...
Far from serene, the night sky is a riot of spectacular bangs and flashes that reveal the universe a...
Russia's Luna-25 moon lander reaches lunar orbit
Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in nearly half a century, has reached lunar orbit, the nation's...
The sun rages with solar flares in epic time-lapse...
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured a stunning time-lapse video of solar flares dancing across t...
Satellites show Mount Etna volcano erupt after wee...
Europe's most active volcano, Italy's Mount Etna, erupted on Sunday (Aug. 13) after weeks of puffing...
25 years after its discovery, dark energy remains ...
While there are hints that dark energy may be 'phantom,' its true nature remains frustratingly elusi...
