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A white dwarf star has been caught in the middle of consuming a planetary relic, offering fresh clues as to what happens to planetary systems after their star dies.

Three billion years ago, a sun-like star reached the end of its life, throwing…

Virginia scientists confirmed the first officially recorded stone crabs in Chesapeake Bay this summer. Four adult males turned up near Norfolk’s Willoughby Spit and now sit in tanks at VIMS in Gloucester Point.

Their arrival lines up with a Bay…

These days, orbital real estate is growing increasingly cluttered with all manner of communication, observation, research, and navigation satellites. It’s a market worth $286 billion in 2022, projected to grow precipitously in the coming…

The “gut microbiome” has become a popular health term in recent years. It’s easy to see why, with an abundance of research showing how important the trillions of microbes living in our gut are for health.

But what many people might not realize…

A 2,700-year-old pottery sherd discovered near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the first known correspondence between the Assyrian Kingdom to the Kingdom of Judah ever found in the city.

The 1-inch-long (2.5 centimeters) sherd (the term…

The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal…

Say hello to ionocaloric cooling. It’s a new way to lower temperatures with the potential to replace existing methods of chilling things with a process that is safer and better for the planet.

Typical refrigeration systems transport heat away…

This week in science: The eerie origin of why people with schizophrenia hear ‘voices in their head’; the chemistry that makes ‘poop coffee’ such a delicacy; how humans could learn to breathe through our butts; and much more!

50-Year-Old…