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Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s contribution is from Dr. Madison Myers, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at Montana State…

For decades, the coelacanth existed only in fossil records—until one turned up in a South African fishing net. It was 1938 when a museum curator in East London noticed an unfamiliar fish in a haul from the Chalumna River.

Its blue-grey…

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different to our closest relatives. Our recent study may have brought us one step…

This Month Hosts A Rare Sunrise Eclipse

Here’s a reason to wake up early on a Saturday: On March 29, a solar eclipse will grace the skies at sunrise over eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, as well as other northern…

It takes a lot to astonish a Mars rover team that has seen everything from an ancient beach to a rock that might hint at long-ago life. NASA’s…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A dim star light years away could dramatically explode this week — becoming visible to the naked eye.

Scientists say the star system in the constellation Corona Borealis explodes every 80 years or so, with the last…

In a major breakthrough for cosmology, scientists have captured an image that reveals the universe’s earliest moments with remarkable precision. Thanks to advanced telescopes, particularly the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile,…

The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that you would never perceive your own death, because if you were to die in one reality, your consciousness would simply transfer to a different reality where you survive.

For many plant species, flowering is biologically synced with the seasons. Scientists are clocking blooms to understand our ever-changing planet.

NASA research is revealing there’s more to flowers than meets the human eye. A recent analysis of…