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A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

Video of cell division occurring in a developing fly embryo named winner of the 14th annual Nikon Small World in Motion competition.

Flybys of primordial black holes may occur once a decade. Tweaks to the orbits of planets and GPS satellites could give away their presence.

From disaster recovery to conservation and healthcare, plenty of AI projects will greatly benefit humanity, Microsoft experts Juan M. Lavista Ferres and William B. Weeks say.

With explosive bursts of pollen, male Hypenea macrantha flowers knock some competitors’ deposits off hummingbird beaks before the birds reach females.

Check out some of the best photos from 2024’s Ocean Photographer of the Year competition.

Astronomers have gotten the first-ever detailed views of turbulent activity on a star other than our own sun.

Tiny as they are, paper cuts can cause real pain. It’s common to get a minor cut while flipping through a magazine or book. But tissue paper is not likely to draw blood. Now, scientists have explained the physics behind…

NASA’s most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to overcome extreme cold and dwindling power.

In 2011, a ghostly depression, known as “the mitten,” appeared on the surface of and ice sheet in Greenland after the unprecedented collapse of a concealed subglacial lake.