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Astronomers discover the 1st-ever merging galaxy cores...
Two superluminous quasars, or active black holes at the centers of large galaxies, were found just 900 million years after the Big...
Gulf Stream's fate to be decided by climate 'tug-of-war'
New research suggests that runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet could prevent icebergs from disrupting key ocean currents. But some...
Earth's rotating inner core is starting to slow down —...
A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could...
Royal tomb in Benin has traces of human blood on its walls,...
Researchers examining the wall of a ceremonial tomb in Benin found proteins that could have come only from human blood.
'It's pretty incredible, the guy's got three legs': Watch...
Ugandan lion brothers Jacob and Tibu were filmed swimming a mile across the Kazinga Channel in Uganda — the longest swim ever recorded...
Baby stars that defy explanation are 'swarming like bees'...
A new analysis of inexplicably young stars orbiting extremely close to the Milky Way's black hole heart reveals that they orbit around...
Does the brain flush out toxins while you sleep?
As we sleep, the brain rids itself of waste built up throughout the day. But how?
Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive?
To assess risk from heat, scientists use the "wet bulb temperature," looking at the point where the human body isn't able to let enough...
