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Almost everything on Earth is made up of atoms, but where do these fundamental building blocks come from?

After years of study, scientists have discovered a new blood type in a woman from Guadeloupe. They're now searching for more people with the...

Just getting started in astronomy? These beginner telescopes are ideal for finding your way around the skies without feeling overwhelmed — j...

Scientists have built a compact physical qubit with built-in error correction, and now say it could be scaled into a 1,000-qubit machine tha...

While on a fishing trip, a man sustained an unusual injury from a marlin.

Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite living near the imp...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first image release includes a 'staggering' view of 10 million galaxies in and around the Virgo Cluster. Her...

Spacecraft from NASA and India's space agency have snapped orbital photos of the Japanese lunar lander Resilience after its recent "hard lan...

Scientists have developed a device intended to detect disease markers in human breath, which could someday offer a potential alternative to...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array has detected methanol isotopes around a nearby star, which could help explain why the ingre...

The rates of certain early-onset cancers are on the rise. The reasons are complex, experts say.

New footage shows an expressionless iRonCub MK3 robot taking off using four thrusters — two where its arms should be and two in a jetpack on...

The final image captured by the recently decommissioned Landsat 7 satellite shows how "Sin City" has nearly doubled in size during the iconi...

Some of the female pharaoh's statues were "ritually deactivated," a new study finds.

Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.

The first "stunning" images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory were released this morning, capturing roughly 10 million galaxies, many of wh...

Orcas have been spotted giving each other rubdowns with kelp tools, rubbing pieces of the seaweed between their bodies.

The world has gotten an early preview of the Rubin Observatory's first images, which include stunning snaps of spiraling galaxies and the Tr...

Common AI models outperformed humans on emotional intelligence in a recent study, but experts caution us to look beyond the headline.

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Was it dark after the Big Bang, or did light shine immediately?

Researchers have discovered an unusual plume of magma beneath Oman that may have changed the course of the Indian tectonic plate between 25...

California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location often associate...

AI tools that provide information to you also gather lots of information from you and may provide it to third parties.

When it comes to exceptional eyesight, picking a clear winner is harder than you might think.