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Astronomers utilizing the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have identified a supernova explosion linked to gamma-ray burst event GRB 250314A at a redshift of 7.3, occurring…
A supermassive black hole in the process of engulfing a massive starCalifornia Institute of Technology/R. Hurt (IPAC) Astronomers have made an astounding discovery of the brightest…
A supermassive black hole has violently consumed a massive star, resulting in a cosmic explosion that shone as brightly as 10 trillion suns, according to a…
Satellite image capturing Hurricane Melissa on October 28th Associated Press/Alamy Stock Photo Jamaica is experiencing severe impacts from Hurricane Melissa, which is forecasted to be the…
The initial months of this year marked the highest incidence of weather and climate disasters on record in the United States, as revealed by a recent…
DNA cassettes resemble music cassette tapes Jiankai Li et al. 2025 With a modern twist, the nostalgic cassette tape may be resurging in the form of…
Designated FRB 20250316A, this event, referred to as rbfloat (the brightest radio flash recorded to date), took place in the outer region of the nearby Spiral…
Shanghai endured prolonged extreme heat and humidity in 2024 Reuters/Nicoco Chan The planet faced an unprecedented number of perilous hot and humid days in 2024, as…
The twin detectors of the NSF’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting the highest composite mass recorded to date and…
Illustration of black hole merger Shutterstock / Jurik Peter New records for black holes have transformed our understanding of the universe’s most extreme entities. The Laser…
Vegavis Iaai was an ancient relative of ducks and geese, but it dived for fish like graves and runes Mark Whitton The 69 million-year-old skull found…
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory has been recording atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations since 1958.Fred Espenak/Science Photo Library Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels measured by Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory…
July marked the 14th consecutive month of record-high global temperatures, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency predicts that this year is likely…
summaryAccording to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, Sunday was the hottest day on record. The global average temperature reached 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees…
LAS VEGAS — Some parts of Arizona, Nevada, and Texas have just had their hottest June on record, with scorching temperatures breaking several long-established records.This record-breaking…
Astronomers have discovered a pair of merging quasars observed just 900 million years after the Big Bang. Not only is this the most distant pair of…
Astronomers NIR Specs The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (Near-Infrared Spectrometer) instrument Obtained Spectrum of the record-breaking galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, observed just 290 million years after the…
A long exposure photo showing the trajectory of asteroid 2024 BX1 just before impact. Changes in brightness are caused by the asteroid’s rotationL. Buzzi, Schiaparelli Observatory,…
of new mapThis quasar, called Quaia, contains about 1,295,502 quasars from across the visible universe and could help astronomers better understand the properties of dark matter.…
Taylor Swift performed in Melbourne earlier this year.Graham Denholm/TAS24/TAS Copyright Management Getty Images A rogue artificial intelligence obsessed with Taylor Swift could replace all recorded music…
Impression of Stenopterygius quadrissis, a type of ichthyosaurDotted Zebra / Alamy Stock Photo Prehistoric Earth was home to monsters. They included a 2.5 meter long millipede,…
Earth can be visualized as a chaotic mass of rocky tectonic plates floating on a sea of molten metal. These plates are constantly moving and rubbing…
Iojima is itself a volcano, located on the edge of the massive underwater Akahoya volcanic caldera.Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images The largest volcanic eruption in current…