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The Taurid Meteoroid Stream, which is possibly responsible for the famous Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn’t hide a civilization-killing asteroid.

This 2012 satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers on Canada’s Ellesmere Island. The ice masses help to spark life in the otherwise barren Arctic environment.

The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter’s Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Could this be related to its overall shrinking?

A fever and a nasty cough can be symptoms of a range of respiratory illnesses. An antigen test that narrows down the culprits can speed up diagnosis and recovery.

OpenAI scientists have designed MLE-bench — a compilation of 75 extremely difficult tests that can assess whether a future advanced AI agent is capable of modifying its own code and improving itself.

Archaeologists have found the largest ever jade “dragon” made by the Neolithic Hongshan culture on record.

The speed at which our brain can tell smells apart is on par with color perception, a new sniff device shows.

Can you name everything from Ac to Zr? Test your knowledge of the periodic table and see if you can top the leaderboard

There are more than twice as many females as males buried in an ancient cemetery in Spain, a new study finds — but no one knows why.

The first observations of China’s Qianfan satellites, which were launched in August, suggest that they far exceed the brightness limits suggested by astronomical authorities. Researchers warn that the growing “megaconstellation” could become a major problem unless swift action is taken.