Astronomers have obtained the first visual evidence of a white dwarf that exploded not once but twice. Credit: ESO ...

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The universe hosts events so powerful that they dwarf anything humans can imagine. From magnetar flares and neutron star collisions to hypernovae and gamma-ray bursts, some cosmic explosions release ...

Every aquarium owner hopes for one thing. A perfectly clean tank that somehow takes care of itself. It sounds ideal, but ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars – the ultradense remnants of dead stars – collided. The catastropic cosmic event sent light and ...

Saint Ignatius of Loyola once said, “The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate ...

It’s easy to forget about the legion of mysterious creatures that live in the ocean. That is, until you are right on top of them. Like schools of fish, some creatures, such as cownose rays, travel ...

"These factors shape the perception that they should be competing higher up the pyramid rather than languishing in the fourth ...

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Measuring just 7.7 millimetres, Paedophryne amauensis is the smallest known vertebrate on Earth. Discovered in Papua New ...

Contender, a large male great white shark tagged by the marine research group OCEARCH has been spotted in waters off the coast of North Carolina after months of cruising around Florida. Contender was ...

The San Jose Sharks signed goalie Alex Nedeljkovic to a two-year, $6 million contract extension before the trade deadline.