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Giant 250kg kangaroos that once roamed Australia would probably have been able to hop despite their enormous size, researchers have said.

While modern kangaroos are known for their ability to travel large distances by jumping with both hind legs…

Tune in tonight(Jan. 22) to watch live views of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at opposition, as it appears opposite the sun in Earth’s sky and…

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The lone U.S. astronaut currently in space took a picture of NASA’s first rocket designed for a human moon mission in more than 50 years.

Artemis 2‘s rocket, called the Space Launch System, arrived at the launch pad Saturday (Jan. 17) — and…

There’s little about building spacecraft that anyone would call simple. But there’s at least one element of designing a vehicle that will operate outside the Earth’s atmosphere that’s fairly easier to handle: aerodynamics….

A giant star in the Andromeda Galaxy has vanished without a trace, leaving scientists puzzled and intrigued. First observed brightening in 2014, the yellow supergiant M31-2014-DS1 faded out of view by 2018, without showing any signs of a…

A team of researchers investigating a star’s dramatic dimming uncovered a cloud of dust and gas about 120 million miles (200 million kilometers) wide. Exactly what caused the cloud to form, and the nature of its host object,…

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S.L. Winkler et al. Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter. Scientific Reports. Published online June 26, 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-02594-8.

X.J. Nelson et al. Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate…

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the clearest-ever infrared observation of the Helix Nebula, vividly displaying the death of a white dwarf star.

Since Karl Ludwig Harding first spotted the Helix Nebula…