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LHS 1140 b, a super-Earth in the habitable zone, is losing helium. This discovery could help scientists study its atmosphere.

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Mosasaurs were a group of marine reptiles, specially adapted to hunting in the ocean. Researchers reconstructed the bodies of ...

A tiny predator that lived 165 million years ago could hold surprising clues to the evolution of mammals. Discover how this unusual Jurassic creature is changing what scientists know about our past. A ...

Why Orangutan mothers go the extra mile to find playmates for their young, travelling from their own core area into others ...

Larger than the domes of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and St. Paul’s Cathedral in London: it stands in a small spa town.

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NASA has opened applications for volunteers. The goal isn't to study Mars, but to understand how the human body and mind ...

A remarkably preserved elephant tooth is unlocking secrets of prehistoric life, revealing how ancient ecosystems in northern Israel supported giant elephants and early humans nearly 700,000 years ago.

Discovered in 2008 with ESO's Very Large Telescope, Beta Pictoris b is a young gas giant with an estimated mass between 9 and ...

The species found in South America is facing the effects of warming oceans, food shortages and other environmental factors.