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The first image from the Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unnoticed feature of the galaxy M61 that may explain ...

Nancy Brewka-Clark of Beverly, Mass., writes short stories, nonfiction, and plays as well as poetry. Winner of the 2019 Amy Lowell Poetry Prize and finalist for the 2022 Princemere Poetry Prize, she ...

James Dewey Watson, the molecular biologist whose work helped decode the structure of DNA, died on November 6, 2025, at a ...

A blast of frigid air will plunge into the central U.S. and move eastward over the next few days, potentially breaking ...

Three Chinese astronauts will likely return safely to Earth after a reported space-junk strike. But the incident highlights ...

I have no problems flying,” says one expert about the FAA’s plan to reduce flights by 10 percent at 40 airports nationwide. “I would get on an airplane tomorrow” ...

The finding is the first documented case of colonial behavior between two solitary species ...

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Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

Limited COVID surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say New findings increase the ...