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With Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is safely back on Earth, NASA says Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could have returned onboard.

Archaeologists have unearthed a set of uniquely decorated bracelets on the site of a “large and powerful” Viking Age farm.

Every week, we open a window onto an incredible place and highlight the fantastic history and science behind it.

Many patients with ALS die within three to five years of their symptoms starting, so early diagnosis of the disease is critical for treatment.

Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they were once part of has died.

The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a “living fossil.” A new discovery reveals that it evolved faster when plate tectonics were most active.

A composite image of an annular solar eclipse showing Baily’s Beads won top prize at the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest.

AI might help lift conspiracy theorists out of the rabbit hole, but some researchers say proceed with caution.

Volcanoes spewing carbon dioxide 250 million years ago heated the climate so much that extreme El Niño events became the norm, pushing most life on Earth past its limits.

In September, a strange nine-day signal rocked our planet and baffled scientists. Now they have finally found the cause.