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Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy -- The featherweight pair - orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away - are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.3 days ago
Ancient Egyptian burial site reveals centuries of changing traditions -- Human and animal remains unearthed in Egypt's Nile Delta reveal changing funerary practices over some 600 years, and the evolution of a key site itself.4 days ago
Telescope snaps most detailed photo yet of Milky Way's heart -- Euclid is on a mission to chart one-third of the sky in the hopes of shedding light on the enduring mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.4 days ago
Interstellar comet may be oldest object ever seen in solar system -- Exactly where the comet 3I/ATLAS came from within the Milky Way remains a mystery.6 days ago
Seahorses and seadragons, some of Nature's most curious creatures -- Seahorses are unique ocean inhabitants with a head like a horse, a pouch like a kangaroo, a tail like a monkey, and the ability to camouflage themselves like a chameleon. They also exhibit an unconventional gender dynamic, in that the males do the work of carrying around fertilized eggs. Correspondent Conor Knighton goes in search of these fascinating fish - and their equally fascinating cousins, seadragons - at the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California.7 days ago
Watch: Pentagon releases 6 new UFO videos -- The Defense Department released a third batch of UFO files on Friday, three weeks after its second drop. These are all of the videos in the latest tranche, plus analysis from astrophysicist Avi Loeb.7 days ago
Goblin shark seen alive in natural deep-sea habitat for the first time -- The goblin shark had only previously been seen when caught by fishermen and they died shortly afterward.16 days ago
World's largest whale graveyard found by sub at bottom of ocean -- The researchers saw many strange animals - many believed to be new to science - living off the whale carcasses.18 days ago
NASA names 4 astronauts for next Artemis mission -- NASA's Artemis III astronauts plan to carry out rendezvous and docking procedures with commercial moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.19 days ago
Great white shark captured on video in Mediterranean in rare sighting -- Great white sharks are classified as "critically endangered" in the Mediterranean Sea, and underwater sightings are incredibly rare.20 days ago
Videos show U.S. rescue team pull mother, baby from rubble in Venezuela -- Hundreds of U.S. search and rescue workers are on the ground in Venezuela after deadly quakes struck the South American nation.14 hours ago
Dangerous heat wave impacting large swathes of the U.S. this week -- A heat wave will blast a large swath of the U.S. this week. The National Weather Service says temperatures will feel hotter because of the high humidity that's arriving with it.8 hours ago
Kaine says guardrails on Pentagon firings could see bipartisan support -- Sen. Tim Kaine said guardrails on Pentagon firings could see bipartisan support in Congress, following a string of high-level officers exiting the military during the second Trump administration.9 hours ago
5 nursing students among 11 killed in French skydiving plane crash -- Mayor Mathieu Klein said the victims "died in full view of their loved ones, who were preparing to film the tandem skydives."11 hours ago
3 firefighters killed, 2 injured fighting wildfires near Colorado-Utah border -- The U.S. Wildland Fire Service said the firefighters had been part of an interagency response to the Knowles and Gore fires near the Colorado-Utah border.16 hours ago
How much water does AI really use? -- The heaviest demand on America's water supply isn't data centers or AI. It's from everyday uses such as growing food, watering lawns and flushing toilets. -- Jun 252 days ago
Mass graves of dog remains found at Northern California animal rescue -- The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said they found 600 dog collars in an area where they suspect dozens of dogs were killed.12 hours ago
Alan Jackson gives emotional farewell concert -- Five years ago, Alan Jackson shared that he has a degenerative nerve condition that affects his balance called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, which he was first diagnosed with a decade prior.8 hours ago