Red Spider Nebula
Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed never-before-seen details in the picturesque Red Spider Nebula with a rich backdrop of
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‘Portal to physics beyond the Standard Model’: World’s largest neutrino detector starts up — with incredible results
Deep underground in southern China, there is a 20,000-ton tank of liquid that can detect neutrinos. Named JUNO, the detector’s first results are in —
Most modern dogs have wolf DNA from relatively recent interbreeding. Here’s which breeds are the most and least ‘wolfish.’
About two-thirds of modern dog breeds carry some wolf ancestry introduced within the past few thousand years.
Diagnostic dilemma: A man’s muscles looked strangely deformed. Doctors found they were leaking calcium into his blood.
A man showed up to the hospital with vomiting, weakness, failing kidneys and sky-high calcium. The culprit was a muscle-enhancing oil he injected into his
This bright orange life-form could point to new dino discoveries
Colorful lichen living on dinosaur bones reflect infrared light that can be detected by drones, which might lead to finds in remote areas.
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‘Like a sudden bomb’: See photos from space of Ethiopian volcano erupting for first time in 12,000 years
Hayli Gubbi, a shield volcano in northern Ethiopia, erupted for several hours on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 23 — the first eruption since the
Marooned no more! Stranded Chinese astronauts finally have a way home following launch of unmanned ‘lifeboat’
China has launched an unmanned “lifeboat” to the Tiangong space station, ending a month-long fiasco. The spacecraft will eventually ferry home the marooned Shenzhou-21 crew
How a ‘sweet and shy’ tortoise outlived empires and survived two world wars
No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and
Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe are putting Einstein’s gravity to the test
The two stars in the nearby system ZTF J2130 are spiraling toward a catastrophic supernova. In the meantime, scientists are using the pair’s slow orbital
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RIP ‘other ATLAS’: Watch the doomed comet explode into pieces in incredible new images
Stunning new photos show the pieces of the “other ATLAS,” C/2025 K1, breaking apart in space after the golden comet suddenly exploded earlier this month.
Cuddly koalas had a brutal, blade-toothed close cousin
Ancient collagen preserved in the bones of extinct Australian mammals is revealing their evolutionary relationships, leading to some surprises.
Boiling oceans may sculpt the surfaces of small icy moons
Simulations show that subsurface oceans on small moons may hit boiling conditions, potentially creating features like Miranda’s distinctive ridges.