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In 1974, astronomers discovered Jupiter’s 13th moon. They now know of at least 95 moons and have launched missions to study some up close.

Eating licorice regularly, in large quantities or with certain medications can cause serious side effects. But why is that?

The black hole’s mass is over half that of all the stars in the surrounding galaxy, a record for any galaxy hosting a quasar.

Vietnam’s Son Doong cave is so large, you could squeeze 15 Great Pyramids of Giza inside it and fly a Boeing 747 airplane through some of its passages.

Quantum computers will one day outpace the fastest supercomputers on the planet, but what will they be used to accomplish?

Our brains are very flexible. Some people use their brains to create art. Others use them to solve math problems. Some do both — plus a host of other actions. Our brain is made up of two halves called hemispheres.…

While such organisms may or may not exist in the universe, the research has important implications for future human endeavors in space.

An artist’s rendering of a black hole

A father and daughter team based in the U.S. have decoded a mock “alien signal” beamed from ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter a year ago — but the meaning of the extraterrestrial message remains a mystery.

Scientists reprogrammed a woman’s fat cells to become insulin-making beta cells, reversing her type 1 diabetes.