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This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the largest planet-forming disk ever observed around a young star. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Kristina Monsch (CfA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI))QUICK FACTSWhat…
Rivers may seem as old as the hills, but they have life cycles just like other natural features do. Many grow and make their meandering mark on the landscape, before…
One of the toughest parts of the popular fertility treatment may soon be a thing of the past. Every year, hundreds of thousands of women across the country undergo IVF,…
A new category of space objects dubbed “platypus galaxies” is defying explanation.These nine strange cosmic objects, spotted in archival data from the James Webb Space Telescope, cannot easily be characterized…
This week’s science news was all about discoveries made by the world’s best telescopes, as the James Webb Space Telescope verified the existence of a runaway supermassive black hole escaping…
Archaeologists in southern Sicily have uncovered an ancient bone tool depicting the god Dionysus and his erect phallus. The exquisite workmanship helps date the artifact to the fifth century B.C.,…
If you’re about to throw up or get acid reflux, you may feel a burning sensation when acid from your stomach escpes into the esophagus. But if stomach acid is…
Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Friday, urging state regulators to exercise greater oversight of autonomous vehicles, given recent events in which the…
The future is alive in Las Vegas. The world’s biggest annual tech trade show took over Sin City this week, with innovators from around the globe debuting groundbreaking gadgets set…
In 2024, scientists announced the discovery of a newfound anaconda species in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Now, in a new nature series, filmmakers have released nail-biting, never-before-seen footage of the moment…