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The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its ...

Miles of air cover Earth. The boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, the Kármán line, is about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the planet's surface. However, about 99.9% of the mass of ...

This bright green sea creature contains a toxic pigment that protects it from predators, kills bacteria and determines the ...

Generative AI could saddle the planet with heaps more hazardous waste than ever before.

On Earth, the magnetic field of our planet points a compass north, but in space, things are a bit more complicated.

Discover why the best aurora displays occur after solar maximum, and why 2026-2027 could be the year of the northern lights.

Octopus filmed firing stones from her siphon from inside a clam shell like a sniper in never-before-seen behavior captured ...

How many of the 160 named volcanoes in the U.S. and territories do you know? If you live in Alaska you have a big advantage.

Wolves in Ethiopia that lick the flowers of the "red hot poker" flowers are the first known large carnivores to eat nectar.

A new study reveals that the asteroid 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for 2 months, may have a "lunar origin." ...

Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new ...