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How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

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Archaeologists say the "oracle bones" from ancient China were used in magical attempts to predict the future.

Coastlines are challenging to measure, but why?

"The incidence of diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders is less the greener the environment people live in."

Biologist Kathy Willis spoke to Live Science about how touching wood makes us calmer, why looking at a picture of a savanna is calming and how walking through a forest changes our gut microbes.

A fresh analysis of decades-old X-ray black hole jet data has revealed bright, lumpy features with mysterious speed changes.

In a rare show of openness about the X-37B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane's aerobraking maneuvers help change its orbit.

The idea ostriches bury their heads when they feel threatened is thought have come from Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder around 2,000 years ago. But is it true?

The Concorde was the fastest commercial plane ever flown, but its speed came with a hefty price tag.

If you didn't forget things, you'd be in for a world of trouble.

This critically endangered animal, known for its long, thin snout with a bulbous growth at the end, split off from other crocodilian species 40 million years ago.

Clouds affect Earth's weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these processes.

Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving life a longer window to take hold on the Red Planet.

Hurricane Helene sent gravity waves rippling through the atmosphere far above the southeastern United States, new NASA images reveal.

The number of known galaxies circling the Milky Way is increasing as we develop new powerful telescopes.

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to spread and cause severe symptoms in other mammals.

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually bright in the process. It is the most powerful outburst from the city-size oddball in more than three years.

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