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A mysterious ring invisible at all wavelengths except radio could be a trace of a dramatically unstable star shedding its skin.

HMS Hawke sank after an explosion caused by an enemy torpedo, with the loss of more than 500 of its crew.

Thorny devils have a plethora of defenses against predators, including a fake head and a weird jerky walk.

From the moment of the Big Bang, everything in the universe has kept moving, but why is that?

The photos will be displayed in October at London's Natural History Museum.

When two top predatory animals come into contact, anything can happen. One eating the other whole, though, is certainly unexpected.

The trigger behind summertime headaches may not be heat itself, but all of the things that come along with it, an expert said.

Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back.

Recent cases of a viral illness nicknamed "triple E" have occurred in New England. Here's what you should know about the disease.

After analyzing a submerged bridge found in a Spanish cave, researchers have determined that humans inhabited the area earlier than previously thought.

A study has tied a substance in the blood to colorectal cancer in people under age 50. It may act as an early signal of the disease, scientists say, but that needs to be confirmed.

Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.

NASA scientists have discovered a planet-wide electric field surrounding Earth, confirming a 60-year-old hypothesis. Studying the field could yield some vital information about how our planet's atmosphere has evolved.

A new study from Russian scientists claims that the unexpected detonation of SpaceX's Starship rocket during a test flight in November 2023 tore an "ionospheric hole" in the upper atmosphere. It is the first time this type of hole has been created by a human-caused explosion.

Finding the universe's brightness is essential for confirming our theories of what makes up the universe. But to do so, scientists had to send a spacecraft far away from our sun.

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The new AI system can estimate cosmological parameters with stunning precision, and it could help astronomers unpick one of the thorniest problems in the field.

Researchers have mapped the path of a giant submarine avalanche that tore through the Agadir Canyon — a deep trench in the Atlantic seafloor off the coast of Morocco — 60,000 years ago.

Listeria infections tied to the consumption of sliced deli meat have recently hospitalized almost 60 Americans.

Cases of "sloth virus" have been reported in the U.S. and Europe for the first time. But what is it?