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If you’re stargazing late overnight on Dec. 21-22, keep an eye out for “shooting stars” as the annual Ursid meteor shower peaks.Although the Ursids are active…

Roman soldiers defending Hadrian’s Wall in Britain were well acquainted with diarrhea and stomachaches, according to a new study that found evidence of at least three…

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected by astronomers, will make its closest approach to Earth overnight between Thursday and Friday (Dec. 18 to 19),…

A NASA spacecraft designed to hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life has turned its lens toward comet 3I/ATLAS — but not for the reason you might…

Ancient lava rubble on the seafloor can store huge amounts of carbon dioxide like a giant “sponge,” a new study finds.Cores collected from beneath the southern…

A new study suggests that giving immunochemotherapy earlier in the day helps patients with an advanced type of lung cancer live longer.Previous studies suggested that the…

An excavation in Italy has unearthed the oldest and first known evidence of father-daughter incest in the archaeological record, a new genetic study reveals.The team found…

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a rare 1,300-year-old lead medallion decorated on both sides with the image of a seven-branched menorah — the ceremonial candlestick unique…

For the first time, scientists have created detailed, 2D maps of the sun’s outermost atmosphere. This feat was accomplished using data from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe,…

Roughly 4.5 million years ago, the sun passed remarkably close to two intensely bright stars whose radiation flooded nearby space — and the encounter left a…