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A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad ...

The most distant and earliest "dead" massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was ...

Pesquet's parrot, also known as a Dracula parrot, resembles a vulture and has a distinct scream — but its favorite food is ...

Using advanced microscopes that capture brain cell anatomy and activity, a portion of a mouse's brain was mapped and rendered ...

Physicists have set a new upper limit on the mass of neutrinos. And the finding could poke a big hole in the Standard Model ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

Researchers have invented two new urinal designs that could significantly reduce the amount of urine splashback, keeping ...

The La Niña weather pattern ended last month as Pacific Ocean temperatures rose and the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle ...

Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study ...

Rocket start-up SpinLaunch wants to catapult hundreds of flattened "microsatellites" into space at once, using a cannon-like ...