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Fusarium wilt is threatening the global supply of bananas, but researchers might have found a way to control the disease.

A ‘once in a blue moon’ event might not be as infrequent as you think.

A new study helps solve the “final parsec problem” that has made supermassive black hole formation impossible to explain, pointing to a strange form of dark matter as the key.

A metal detectorist found more than a half dozen pieces of silver jewelry while exploring farmland in Denmark.

On Aug. 8, NASA scientists may have spotted a record number of sunspots when hundreds of individual spots were estimated to occur within 24 hours.

The 500-year-old compass is a two-pronged metal device that scientists used for precise measurements in cartography, geometry and astronomy.

A small study suggests that people in their 40s and 60s undergo sizable physiological changes that may be connected to age-related illnesses.

Astronomers have long predicted that a collision between our galaxy and nearby Andromeda could be inevitable, but new calculations suggest this may be an over exaggeration.

Male fireflies trapped in the spider’s web flash femalelike lights, possibly luring in other flying males and allowing the arachnid to stock up on food.

Science News spoke with NOAA climatologist Karin Gleason about the ongoing record-breaking streak of record-high global temperatures.