The explosion created a 250,000-mile-long, boiling trench of hot plasma and debris in the star’s outer atmosphere.
Read more"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today."
Read moreIt's another meteoric rise for what's called the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The 54-pound rock fetched nearly $5.3 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday. The buyer's identity was not disclosed. The red, brown and gray meteorite is be…
Read moreNew pictures taken in Yukon, Canada, show a perfectly preserved fossil skull, which experts say belonged to a male, teenage horse that lived during the last ice age.
Read moreAstrophotographers have snapped stunning shots of a giant shapeshifting solar prominence, dubbed "The Beast," which appeared over the sun's northeastern limb on July 12 and rained impossibly fast fire over our home star.
Read moreAstronomers have uncovered a rare object, 2020 VN40, moving in perfect sync with Neptune, revealing hidden secrets about the outer solar system and its mysterious dynamics.
Read moreEarlier this month, astronomers were thrilled after spotting an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center...
Read moreIn a new Nature Physics paper, researchers report the first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect, a key thermoelectric phenomenon that has eluded scientists since it was predicted over a century ago.
Read moreLarge flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.
Read moreUsing ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein, a team of researchers has detected a cosmic merger of unprecedented proportions.
Read moreIN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Mars’ Red Color is due to iron oxide, or rust, covering its surface, linking its hue to both mythology and science. 🚀 Probes and rovers have revealed Mars’ surface is not uniformly red but varies from rusty brown to tan, with white ice caps …
Read moreSnapped by the New Horizons spacecraft.
Read moreAncient trackways in seabed mud show animals moved purposefully 10 million years before the Cambrian Explosion.
Read moreÖtzi the Iceman may have come to an unfortunate end while crossing the Alps more than 5,000 years ago, but thanks to his well-preserved remains, he's still helping us understand our past. A new digital reconstruction of the mummy's ribcage is providing fresh …
Read moreMark your calendar for later this summer when the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak, offering a rare opportunity to see up to 100 meteors per hour.
Read more"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how the universe came to be as we see it today."
Read moreDark matter particle and antiparticle collisions could make some stars immortal.
Read moreA new study corrects the recorded depth of an earthquake in Japan, revealing that it was not the deepest in history.
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