Scientists have discovered the farthest-ever 'mini-halo,' a sea of charged particles around a distant galaxy cluster that ...

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The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

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Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

That continuous sound makes felines unique in their ability to purr. Domestic cats ( Felis catus ), however, aren't the only cat species that purr — wild cats such as cheetahs ( Acinonyx jubatus ), ...

NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, and then created a music video by converting the light in those images to ...

Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think this rarely seen behavior could play a role in social bonding.

The founders of the Microbiota Vault, a project that aims to preserve microbial diversity, have announced that they are ready ...

Whole-body MRI scans have risen to prominence for their alleged ability to catch many health conditions early. But are they ...

A new analysis of a carved mammoth tusk first discovered four decades ago reveals it may be the world's oldest boomerang.

Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and ...