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See the first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission.

How to take still and video images of your favorite specimens: from attaching a camera to choosing a digital camera that photographs directl...

A stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, located 11 million light-years away, painted in thousands of colors by the VLT, reveals the int...

Binturongs' popcorn perfume plays a vital role in communication, helping them mark their territory and signal their presence to others in de...

OpenAI's most advanced reasoning model is smarter than ever — but it hallucinates more than previous models, too.

Many animals that live in water need to come up to the surface to breathe, but they can still spend impressive lengths of time submerged tha...

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Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 generations.

An analysis of a 700-year-old ring found in a Hungarian castle reveals a unique reddish-purple sapphire set in 18-karat gold with a lion dec...

A fiery letter written by Albert Einstein in 1954 is going to auction. The letter details Einstein's thoughts on his part in developing atom...

Record carbon emissions mean that the planet's carbon budget could be exceeded in as little as three years, according to a new report.

The feat has significant applications for military purposes and space-based solar power.

A global analysis deep in soil found 20% of plants studied have an unexpected deeper set of roots more than 3 feet underground.

About 2,000 feet deeper than the Grand Canyon, Hells Canyon was rapidly carved when a lake spilled over about 2.1 million years ago, new res...

Taal Lake on Luzon Island in the Philippines is a volcanic crater lake with a rare geology of nested islands and water.

Microsoft scientists developed a 4D geometric coding method that reduces errors 1,000-fold in quantum computers.

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Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also connecting two areas o...

Ketamine leads to increased communication between areas of the brain that don't typically engage with each other, new research suggests.

A superbright Mars is currently visible alongside Regulus, the "Heart of the Lion" star located around 79 light-years from Earth.

Archaeologists were surprised to find 30 Viking Age burials in Denmark, and even more surprised by the extravagant grave goods found within...

When invisible dark matter spins, it may form clumps of "vortexes" that stretch across space, forming the cosmic web that links all galaxies...

According to a new study in rats, a key byproduct of acetaminophen, called AM404, may block pain at the source before it has a chance to rea...

SpaceX's Starship 36 underwent a "catastrophic failure" on the stand at its Texas launch site, but the latest setback is unlikely to dent th...

Ramesses II was around 90 years old when he died, an astonishing age for ancient Egypt.