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Space photo of the week: Warped 'hummingbird galaxy' guards...
Hubble's image of two colliding galaxies, known as Arp 142, show how a small galaxy's gravity has shredded a once-large spiral into...
How to see bright Venus dance with a glowing crescent moon...
Early on Oct. 10, the bright planet Venus will appear exceptionally close to the crescent moon in a lovely skywatching display. Here's...
What is an attosecond — and why did this year's Nobel Prize...
A billion billion attoseconds just passed while you read this. Why is such a tiny timeframe crucial to this year's Nobel physics prize...
'Exceedingly rare' horse bridle discovered in melting ice...
Archaeologists in Norway have discovered a horseshoe and bridle that could be from the Viking Age.
Mangrove leaf slug: The solar-powered mollusk that gobbles...
This frilly slug lives in the mangroves of southeastern Asia and Australia, lounging in shallow pools of water and scraping up algae...
Mercury is still shrinking after billions of years, and...
The smallest planet in our solar system is getting smaller as heat escapes its core and fresh cracks open on its surface, new research...
Why do so many baby animals have spots?
Youngsters often hunker down to hide from predators, and spots can provide excellent camouflage.
9,500-year-old baskets and 6,200-year-old shoes discovered...
Radiocarbon dating of woven baskets and sandals found in a cave in Spain make them the oldest artifacts of their kind found in southern...
