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Gaia space telescope discovers 55 'runaway' careening away from stellar cluster at 80 times the speed of sound
Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud at speeds equivalent to 80 times the speed of sound.
WWII British sub that sank with 64 on board finally found off Greek Island
The discovery of the WWII wreck solves an 81-year-old mystery about the submarine's fate.
Rare illusion gives 'once-in-a-lifetime' comet a seemingly impossible 2nd tail after closest approach to Earth for 80,000 years
New photos of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS appear to show a faint "anti-tail" pointing away in the wrong direction. The puzzling extra limb is the result of a rare illusion that is only possible when our planet is in a certain position.
Top-secret X-37B space plane will execute 'never-before-seen maneuvers' on its descent to Earth
Although it isn't clear what the X-37B is used for, its new maneuver would help it to evade detection and perform undetected low-passes over Earth.
Europa Clipper blasts off: What's next for NASA's biggest-ever interplanetary spacecraft?
NASA just launched a spacecraft the size of a basketball court towards Jupiter's moon Europa. Here's what will happen over the next 10 years.
Ghostly white giant worms appear to be reproducing under the seafloor where tectonic plates meet
Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands.
Phew! No 'doomsday' asteroids hide in famous broken comet's debris stream
The Taurid Meteoroid Stream, which is possibly responsible for the famous Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn't hide a civilization-killing asteroid.
Acupuncture really works for sciatica pain, study finds
A new trial that compared acupuncture to a convincing placebo suggests that the treatment can help relieve sciatica pain.
4 near-identical glaciers spark new life in Arctic island's 'polar desert'
Earth from space This 2012 satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers on Canada's Ellesmere Island. The ice masses help to spark life in the otherwise barren Arctic environment.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why
The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter's Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Could this be related to its overall shrinking?
Is it COVID or the flu? At-home tests can look for both viruses at once
A fever and a nasty cough can be symptoms of a range of respiratory illnesses. An antigen test that narrows down the culprits can speed up diagnosis and recovery.
5,000-year-old jade 'dragon' unearthed in tomb in China
Archaeologists have found the largest ever jade "dragon" made by the Neolithic Hongshan culture on record.
Scientists design new 'AGI benchmark' that tests whether any future AI model could cause 'catastrophic harm'
OpenAI scientists have designed MLE-bench — a compilation of 75 extremely difficult tests that can assess whether a future advanced AI agent is capable of modifying its own code and improving itself.
Periodic table of elements quiz: How many elements can you name in 10 minutes?
Can you name everything from Ac to Zr? Test your knowledge of the periodic table and see if you can top the leaderboard
China’s secretive new 'Thousands Sails' satellites are an astronomer's nightmare, 1st observations reveal
The launch of the Qianfan satellites on Aug. 6 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
5,000-year-old cemetery in Spain has twice as many females as males, and nobody knows why
There are more than twice as many females as males buried in an ancient cemetery in Spain, a new study finds — but no one knows why.
Record-breaking ancient spinning galaxy challenges cosmic evolution theories
Astronomers have discovered the earliest strongly rotating galaxy ever seen that's well-organized rather than chaotic, challenging theories of cosmic evolution.
Phaistos Disk: 3,000-year-old inscriptions from Crete that have never been deciphered
None of the many interpretations of the Phaistos Disk's inscriptions are universally accepted.
