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Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of eukaryotes, the domain of life defined by cells with a membrane-bound nucleus, which includes all animals, plants, fungi, and insects. If they unravel this, perhaps they could understand how…

An astronaut circling above the Indian Ocean onboard the ISS captured a stunning image of the moon and what is called a “lunar halo.”

The slim arc of light cradling the Moon looks detached from Earth, hovering just above the planet’s blue…

A team of scientists has created a daily scalp hair growth serum, using a tropical plant-based extract, that has proven to regrow hair and improve hair thickness in just 56 days.

The test enrolled 60 adults in a randomized, double-blind trial run…

An unmanned submarine mapping West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf reported strange under-ice structures, then went silent ten miles beneath it.

The vehicle, called Ran, had spent weeks scanning an ice area roughly fifty square miles, revealing…

A brief, intense flash illuminated the Moon’s dark surface this month, recorded by telescopes at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium in Northern Ireland. The event, lasting less than a second, marked a confirmed meteoroid collision with the…

Reindeers may not have noses that glow red in the night, but they do have a marvelous body part that changes color in winter darkness.

In 2013, scientists discovered that reindeer eyes change hues with the seasons, reflecting the color of the…

Bizarre Ecosystem Discovered More Than Two Miles beneath Arctic Ocean

How do you search for invisible hypothetical particles? One way is to see how quickly they could kill white dwarfs — the dense, leftover cores of dead stars.

In recent years, astronomers have become increasingly interested in a theoretical…

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the “Christmas Star” from the story of the nativity. Described in the Gospel of Matthew, the star guided the three wise men to the cradle of the…

On a cloudy winter’s day, in the Amazon jungle, a shuttle…