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Before the ozone layer was created to protect the Earth from dangerous ultraviolet (UV) radiation, UV radiation levels could have been terrible.
NASA will drop the International Space Station into an uninhabited sea called Point Nemo in 2031.
For the first time, scientists have identified a black hole that wanders across the galaxy containing Earth.
The Chandra X-ray observatory and numerous observatories around the Earth have just captured breathtaking images of cosmic grim reapers tearing through the sky in magica…
Previous theories have suggested that immediately after forming, the wormhole will collapse immediately because of its lack of stability.
The Hubble Space Telescope provides a stunning updated image of the Chamaeleon Cloud 1 in the Southern Hemisphere sky.
The spectacular transformation of two future super-Earths has been recorded by NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope and WMKeck's Keck II Telescope (located in Hawaii).
Astronomers have discovered a 2nd generation protoplanetary disk around a binary star system of white dwarf zombies, when the first generation planets have long since be…
Scientists have made a big step forward in their efforts to realize an efficient fusion reactor. New research could help create an entirely new source of energy, while r…
The Earth's crust is composed of many pieces, constantly moving, cracking, sliding over each other... but the impact from the deep currents in the molten core does not s…
According to a new image from a telescope, at the center of the Milky Way, there are nearly 1,000 mysterious magnetic strings. The pairs and clusters of filaments span n…
NASA promises to give anyone $1 million if they can find a creative solution to 'feed' astronauts in space.
Many recent studies have completely flipped the portrait of the Solar System.
The American company develops a new spaceplane that can be fully reused, takes off on a runway and flies in a 5-day orbit.
Astronomers have just announced the discovery of a mysterious object that emits a beam of radio waves every 20 minutes.