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Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

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NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, and then created a music video by converting the light in those images to ...

Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think this rarely seen behavior could play a role in social bonding.

The founders of the Microbiota Vault, a project that aims to preserve microbial diversity, have announced that they are ready ...

Whole-body MRI scans have risen to prominence for their alleged ability to catch many health conditions early. But are they ...

A new analysis of a carved mammoth tusk first discovered four decades ago reveals it may be the world's oldest boomerang.

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Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent ...

Excavations in Egypt's Nile Delta have revealed ancient Egyptian multistory "tower" houses, a ceremonial building dedicated ...