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The Curiosity Rover, sent up to Mars by NASA, accidentally cracked open a Martian rock when it drove over it and made an interesting discovery inside.

Curiosity blasted off to the Red Planet in August 2011 and landed the following…

Buried more than 3,000 miles beneath our feet, Earth’s solid inner core was once thought to be unchanging—locked in place at the heart of the planet. But new research has revealed something much more dynamic. According to a recent study…

A new study suggests that the first water molecules in the universe may have formed far earlier than previously assumed — potentially just 100 to 200 million years after the big bang.

This timeline places the appearance of water well before…

People across the northern hemisphere have gathered to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse.

The eclipse peaked in London at about 11am on Saturday and was visible in parts of the UK between about 10am and noon.

The phenomenon occurs when…

The date is April 1, 2471 B.C., and a total solar eclipse has forced night to fall during the day in Egypt. The sun has morphed into a lifeless black circle surrounded by a milky halo, a consequence of the moon passing perfectly between the…

For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on Earth.

The so-called “Death Star,” which is also famed for looking like a glowing pinwheel, has caused a lot of lost sleep…

It’s not much of a stretch to say that Earth’s inner structure, especially the innermost spherical core, has stupefied scientists for generations. It sits over 3,000 miles below the surface, smaller than the Moon yet massive enough to play a…

A small star just over four light-years from Earth has just made a very big statement. In a groundbreaking new study, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected the most powerful flare ever recorded…

A small lemur native to Madagascar may hold unexpected clues to reversing aging, thanks to a surprising cellular ability observed during its long hibernation.

Researchers at Duke University and UC San Francisco have found that the fat-tailed…