When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something ...

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Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest images of a section of night sky to an image of the same section of space ...

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A first-of-its-kind, animated map has revealed fresh secrets about a mysterious, flowering "zombie star" lurking in the remnant of a supernova that lit up Earth's skies more than 800 years ago. The ...

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

In a groundbreaking development, a team of astronomers, in collaboration with citizen scientists, has uncovered a new and exciting type of exploding star, GOTO0650, marking a major achievement in both ...