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A small world 66 times the distance between Earth and the Sun appears after almost 20 years of monitoring and now forces us to rewrite how the edge of the solar system was born

A small world 66 times the distance between Earth and the Sun appears after almost 20 years of monitoring and now forces us to rewrite how the edge of the solar system was born

December 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
On a peaceful morning, an avalanche of rock and ice triggered a tsunami over 650 feet high that shook sensors thousands of miles away

On a peaceful morning, an avalanche of rock and ice triggered a tsunami over 650 feet high that shook sensors thousands of miles away

December 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Collage of researchers behind the study showing a workaround to Bredt’s rule and “impossible” bridgehead double bonds.

What sounded like a mistake in class and was the rule that made you cross out “impossible” structures, scientists are now showing how to get around it without everything exploding

December 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Gnarled trunk and roots of an ancient olive tree in Crete beside a small building, still green with leaves.

In a quiet village in Crete, an olive tree between 2,000 and 4,000 years old continues to produce new leaves and small olives, as if time had stood still

December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Amazon wetlands in Venezuela where fossils of giant anacondas from the Miocene era were discovered.

They searched for seven- or eight-meter monsters in a dusty corner of Venezuela and stumbled upon 32 anacondas measuring 13 to 16 feet in length

December 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Space debris fragments orbiting Earth as ESA warns of a growing risk to satellites and space infrastructure.

More than a million fragments orbit the Earth, and the ESA warns that the problem of space debris is getting worse

December 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A metal detectorist accidentally discovers a hoard of 933 gold coins, the largest ever found in the United Kingdom

A metal detectorist accidentally discovers a hoard of 933 gold coins, the largest ever found in the United Kingdom

December 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
View of Earth from space illustrating changes in the planet’s rotation that could lead to future 25‑hour days.

Goodbye to the 24-hour day: from this date onwards, days on Earth will last 25 hours

December 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Archaeologist carrying a bucket beside rubble at the 2,200-year-old stone pyramid dig near Nahal Zohar, Judean Desert.

High above the Dead Sea, archaeologists are picking their way through a 2,200-year-old stone pyramid that does not quite fit any known pattern

December 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Outlined theropod dinosaur footprints and trackways on rock at Carreras Pampa, Torotoro National Park, Bolivia.

The world’s largest dinosaur footprint site is located in the Bolivian desert and contains more than 16,000 footprints of these incredible animals

December 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chinese CZ-2F rocket taking off, image associated with a news story about Chinese astronauts affected by space debris.

Three Chinese astronauts were left without a spacecraft to return to Earth after being hit by space debris

December 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Satellite view of Antarctica showing major ice shelves, the Antarctic Peninsula, and surrounding Southern Ocean ice.

A disturbing twist from Antarctica: even with negative emissions, the Southern Ocean could burp heat for 100 years

December 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Scientists are baffled: underground tunnels that defy any known geological explanation

Scientists are baffled: underground tunnels that defy any known geological explanation

December 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The strange meltdown after star explosions is more extreme than we thought

The strange meltdown after star explosions is more extreme than we thought

December 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The wild super-earth scientists just confirmed around a distant star

The wild super-earth scientists just confirmed around a distant star 

December 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Amazonian flies may be carriers of a new bacterium linked to Andean fever

Amazonian flies may be carriers of a new bacterium linked to Andean fever

December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The ice that holds up half a meter of sea level begins to crack like a windshield

The ice that holds up half a meter of sea level begins to crack like a windshield

December 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
While we eat crabs and lobsters at Christmas, science issues a warning that could change a tradition that dates back decades

While we eat crabs and lobsters at Christmas, science issues a warning that could change a tradition that dates back decades

December 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Geologists discover a super-giant gold deposit in China with an estimated value of around $85,215,780

Geologists discover a super-giant gold deposit in China with an estimated value of around $85,215,780

December 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A study debunks decades of scientific research: underwater canyons are NOT created by rivers... and the explanation is brutal

A study debunks decades of scientific research: underwater canyons are NOT created by rivers… and the explanation is brutal

December 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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