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The James Webb telescope found hundreds of 'little red...
These small galaxies are either crammed with stars or they host gigantic black holes. The data astronomers have collected continues...
'Absolutely outstanding' 12-century picture stone unearthed...
A 12th-century stone carving discovered in northern Germany may depict Otto of Bamberg, a bishop and missionary.
Space photo of the week: The 1st image of an alien planet
The Very Large Telescope in northern Chile imaged a "super-Jupiter" exoplanet called 2M1207b, precisely 20 years ago this week. This...
Tonga eruption that poured 150 metric tons of water vapor...
A new study builds on previous research into the underwater volcano's effects on the climate.
When was the last time Antarctica was ice-free?
Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?
Mesmerizing animation shows Earth's tectonic plates moving...
It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind.
Star-packed Triangulum Galaxy shines in new Hubble Telescope...
The Triangulum Galaxy, the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, is shining with star formation in a new image from...
Scientists make lab-grown black hole jets
By using protons to probe how a magnetic field responds to an expanding plasma, experimenters have replicated the particle jets spewed...