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The Westerlund 2 star cluster is home to some of the Milky Way's brightest stars....
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The Westerlund 2 star cluster is home to some of the Milky Way's brightest stars....
2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months....
Hunt for key terms that define one of the universe's most mind-bending phenomena—from event horizons to singularities....
Largest study so far of people with the rare “autobrewery syndrome” points to more culprit microbes...
The island is geologically analogous to Canada and countries in northern Europe...
Large French cohort studies suggest that people who consume higher amounts of certain food preservatives have higher risks of type 2 diabetes and some cancers....
"Nothing in my professional training as an X-ray astronomer had prepared me for something like this."...
There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away....
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, could help make history with a new project unveiled on Wednesday, the Lazuli Space Observatory. As reported by Science , the telescope was announced...
As a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem: space debris....
In an unprecedented move, NASA will bring four astronauts – including two Americans – home early from their mission at the International Space Station because of a medical issue with a crew member....
"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to even...
Progressive Catholics, including some in Vatican, felt church had allied too closely with Republican party...
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas....
New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown....
Astronomers have detected a "free floating" rogue planet the size of Saturn drifting through the Milky Way some 10,000 light-years from Earth....
Nature, Published online: 24 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03756-4 The team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months....
Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can responsibly use these bits of gray matter. (Image credit: Institut Pasteur-S...
I (17y/o) have been developing a rocket launch simulation that allows the user to explore what it's like launching a rocket from earth and putting it into orbit. This idea originally started as an edu...
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Five years ago, Tim Cannon, a cancer doctor in Virginia, saw that his colon cancer patients were getting younger and their cancer was more aggressive. He had just diagnosed t...