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Auroras to light up the US this weekend in aftermath of...
A chain of solar outbursts, including a "cannibal" coronal mass ejection that slammed Earth on Tuesday, will bring lovely auroras...
Once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion from T Coronae Borealis...
The T Coronae Borealis nova will soon burst into life above our heads for the first time in 78 years.
James Webb telescope confirms the earliest galaxy in the...
The light from the most distant galaxy in the known universe suggests that there's something off about our current cosmological models,...
Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth...
Tanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking...
Giant wildfires can create their own weather. Here's how.
Wildfires can generate tornado-like fire whirls and other "unpredictable and erratic" weather. An atmospheric scientist explains how.
'Screaming Woman' mummy suffered a painful death in ancient...
The mummy was well preserved with an expensive embalming material. Her organs were still intact, showing an unusual mummification...
Minerals evolve under pressure in the same way life does,...
Researchers say they've discovered evidence for the recently proposed 'law of increasing functional information' by proving that minerals...
Salar de Uyuni: The world's largest salt desert and lithium...
The Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly...
