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An ancient hornless rhino fossil found in the Canadian Arctic, Epiaceratherium itjilik, shows rhinos once lived much farther north.

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a gigantic, flat sheet of matter surrounded by huge empty voids. T…

As Iceberg A-23A disintegrated, it shed meltwater that helped fuel an extensive phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean.

The Air Traffic Management and Safety (ATMS) project defines, validates, and transfers advanced requirements and technologies to shift air traffic management from tactical to strategic. This change enables efficient, productive, and resilient operations while reducing safety assurance and compliance

The Advanced Air Mobility Pathfinders (AAMP) project accelerates advanced air mobility technologies for wildfire response and urban transportation through real-world demonstrations and strategic partnerships. AAMP researches emerging technologies, establishes aircraft strategic deconfliction framewo

After decades of intense research, surprises in the realm of semiconductors—materials used in microchips to control electrical currents—are few and far between. But with a pair of published papers, materials engineers at Stanford University debut a promising …

The "city killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth or the moon when it whizzes by in 2032, the latest James Webb Space Telescope observations confirm.

When NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the revamped approach to the Artemis moon program, it was unclear whether the new mobile launcher that has been constructed over the last two years at Kennedy Space Center would ever get used.

Scientists have discovered the origin of three mysterious signals from the centre of the Milky Way.

Last year, an approximately 60 metre near-Earth object captured global attention. For a brief period, asteroid 2024 YR4 became the most dangerous asteroid discovered in the last 20 years. While an Earth impact was soon ruled out, the asteroid faded from view with a lingering 4% chance of striking th

Last year, we wrote about a Walsh Medical Media journal that refused to withdraw an author’s paper unless he paid a fee — even though he didn’t write or submit the article. For one reader, some det…

A new study investigated how the biggest solar storm in more than two decades impacted the Red Planet.

An experimental treatment reduces seizures and other symptoms in children with a type of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome.

After decades of chasing after a rare hexagonal diamond, a Chinese team says their iteration of the elusive material is the most important yet.

Had the asteroid hit the moon, it would have carved out a crater in an impact with the energy of a nuclear bomb.

The fossilized remains of a creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant eating reptiles now called Tanyka consisted of “living fossils” even when they stalked the Earth around 275 million years ago. A international team of

Chemists have created a never-before-seen type of molecule with a nearly impossible shape.

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable molecular trick used by a unique group of land plants, one that could eventually be engineered into crops like wheat and rice to dramatically boost how efficiently they convert sunlight into food…

University scientists team up with IBM to engineer the new molecule atom-by-atom in quantum-centric study.

Could the soil of Mars itself help protect the planet from Earthly microbes? Scientists ran unusual tests using simulated Martian dirt and incredibly resilient organisms.

The tiny bots follow patterns of light and "artificial space-time," navigating like craft following the curved space around a black hole.

A 12th-century sword spotted jutting out of the seabed in Israel was designed for one-handed combat during the Crusades.

Astronomers have discovered TOI-5734 b, a hot sub-Neptune planet twice the size of Earth, offering new insights into planetary evolution.

Footage shows whale shark just yards from forested shoreline in rare encounter.