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The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away from our planet in an orbit around the sun.

New research reports the most powerful cosmic rays ever detected. Because the rays lose energy as they travel through space, their detection at high energies means they are likely coming from sources relatively close to Earth.

A current key to stabilizing climates across the Atlantic and beyond could be one-third weaker by 2040, a new study has revealed.

Researchers think the wreck was part of a flotilla that accompanied the Portuguese explorer's final voyage.

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The Pilgrims and Wampanoag shared a harvest feast, but it didn't happen the way you were likely taught in school.

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This stunning blue mask may represent the Aztec cycle of death and renewal.

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Chinese scientists claim they have made a converging energy beam weapon — but did they really, or have they been watching too much Star Wars?

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its classification.

Earth's atmosphere is heavy, so why doesn't it weigh us down more?

Generative AI could saddle the planet with heaps more hazardous waste than ever before.

This bright green sea creature contains a toxic pigment that protects it from predators, kills bacteria and determines the sex of larvae, turning males into a "living testacle."