The extraordinary forecast was made possible through a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, where massive galaxy clusters bend light across time and space, giving us a rare second look at the same cosmic event.
The supernova, nicknamed…

The extraordinary forecast was made possible through a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, where massive galaxy clusters bend light across time and space, giving us a rare second look at the same cosmic event.
The supernova, nicknamed…

The 5,300-year-old Ötzi the Iceman mummy and a prehistoric man who lived in Siberia 45,000 years ago both carried a cancer-causing strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), new research finds.
Scientists analyzed ancient genetic data previously…

You might think that Earth’s influence on your life is minimal at best.
Beyond often appearing like a bright red ‘star’ in the sky, what has Mars ever done for us?
Quite a lot, it turns out. In fact, Mars could play a huge role in shaping the…

The U.S. federal government just released a new version of the food pyramid, along with a recommendation that Americans eat more protein than previously advised.
The previously recommended daily intake of protein was around 0.8 grams for each…

In a shallow basin in eastern China, two nearly spherical dinosaur eggs surfaced with an unexpected interior. The outer structure was intact, the contents anything but. Inside were no bones, no embryonic traces, but clusters of gleaming mineral…

Long-term exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos, widely used on US farms, has been linked to a more than 2.5-fold increase in the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to new research.
The finding comes from a large…

The Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole that continues to influence its evolution. The largest source of infrared light from the region closest to the black hole itself was…

The rockhead poacher is a weird-looking fish. It has a large, bowl-shaped dip in the middle of its head. Scientists have long wondered why and a now they’ve come up with an interesting theory. Researchers at Louisiana State University (LSU)…

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Where is it? Chicago, Illinois [41.85802928, -87.57938545]
What’s in the photo? Ice swirling around the edge of Lake Michigan
Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8
When was it taken? Jan. 24, 2025
This striking satellite photo shows…

Plastic flows across the Pacific with no apparent speed. Some fragments have been moving for years, thinning and softening as the light and salt act on them….