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Astronomers may have found evidence that some of the mysterious “little red dots” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are not black holes, as…
Physicists may have a brand-new way to measure the expansion rate of the universe — one of the biggest outstanding mysteries in cosmology — using space-time…
A gold coin minted more than 1,000 years ago as an imitation of a more famous coin may be a relic of the “Great Heathen Army”…
As the full moon started to set over North America in the early hours of March 3, it briefly plunged into the darkest part of Earth’s…
A rare ant species in Japan has no males or workers — only queens, scientists have found. These ant queens live parasitically in the nests of…
A photograph of an amateur volcanologist standing barefoot on the lava fields of Vanuatu’s Mount Yasur has won the Portraiture category of the Open competition of…
QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Bartica, Guyana [6.4073096658, -58.62373473]What’s in the photo? A trio of waterways merging into a striking “half-and-half” riverWhich satellite took the photo? Landsat…
QUICK FACTSName: Lady of ElcheWhat it is: A limestone bustWhere it is from: Elche, SpainWhen it was made: Circa 400 to 350 B.C.On a hot summer…
Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a sprained ankle, surgery or car accident. Normally pain fades as the body heals. But…
Steve Fleming’s research is definitely “meta” — a Greek prefix indicating self-reference. He’s a cognitive neuroscientist at University College London who studies metacognition: what we know…
