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A tiny mystery object is zipping past the Earth today, providing astronomers with an excellent opportunity to…

The 1,000-foot radio dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has collapsed, according to officials and local…

The European Space Agency has signed a historic deal with Swiss startup ClearSpace to remove a single item of space…

Biotech company Moderna will ask for an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its…

Paleontologists are lucky to find complete sets of fossilized bones. Sometimes, they get even luckier, finding…

An analysis of Neanderthal hand bones suggests these extinct humans possessed thumbs better suited for power grips,…

Iceberg A68a—currently the world’s largest iceberg—is rotating and possibly moving in a westerly direction away from…

A review of weather patterns in inner East Asia over the past 260 years suggests the region is currently caught in a…

A manufacturing error is raising concerns about a promising covid-19 vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical…

Ultraviolet lamps meant to kill viruses and bacteria seem to be causing unfortunate eye damage in some people. In a…

Keyhole wasps like to build their nests in tiny holes, including the openings of devices used to measure the speed…

In the summer of 2019, months before the word “coronavirus” meant anything to most people, a mysterious respiratory…

A fascinating batch of new research papers are highlighting the various health risks associated with long-duration…

Spotted earlier this year, asteroid 2020 CD3 is only the second temporary natural satellite, or minimoon, ever…

There’s a cave in California, roughly an hour’s drive from Santa Barbara, whose ceiling features a prominent…

Archaeologists working near the ancient city of Pompeii have uncovered the remains of two men who were likely trying…

The China National Space Administration’s mission to bring chunks of the Moon back to Earth for the first time in…

The big dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is on the verge of collapse, leaving officials with no choice…

When you’re a journalist or club promoter or financier, fraud is always a gamble—you might be publicly disgraced and…

On Monday, researchers in the UK became the latest to announce promising results from their experimental vaccine…