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The sun is blinding us to thousands of potentially lethal...
In the glare of the sun, an unknown number of near-Earth asteroids move on unseen orbits. A new generation of infrared telescopes...
Maya warrior statue with serpent helmet discovered at Chichén...
During survey work ahead of a new railway, archaeologists found the statue of a Maya warrior wearing a serpent on his head.
Tiny galaxies that had their stars stolen could be a 'missing...
More than 100 observed galaxies are being disrupted and stripped of their outer layers, transforming them into fossil-dense, ultra-compact...
How do mountains form?
Mountains form in a variety of ways, some of which geologists are now just starting to understand.
The sun may be smaller than we thought
New calculations suggest the sun is a few fractions of a percent smaller than previously estimated, and that could change how we study...
'Refraction is then all there is to it': How Isaac Newton's...
In this extract from the new book Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science, science writer Philip Ball...
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'[He] attempted to study fertilization in frogs by fitting...
In the extract below taken from Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science (The University of Chicago Press,...
Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope finds a secret...
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the most detailed image so far of the Crab Nebula, a gorgeous supernova remnant of a star...
