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Artist's impression of stars born in winds from supermassive black holes. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope have revealed stars forming within powerful...

This composite image shows an infrared view of Saturn's moon Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, acquired during the mission's "T-114" flyby on Nov. 13,...

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An artist's impression of the new pure and massive brown dwarf. Credit: John Pinfield An international team of astronomers has identified a record breaking brown dwarf...

Hubble Space Telescope image of the field containing a massive foreground galaxy cluster, MACSJ0717.5+3745. Pope and colleagues' dusty galaxy is denoted by the red...

This is an illustration of Ar(H2)2 in the diamond anvil cell. The arrows represent different ways that spectroscopic tools study the effect of extreme...

Red wine (stock image). Credit: © anya_stogova / Fotolia Moderate drinking is associated with a lower risk of several, but not all, cardiovascular diseases, finds a...

More than just a competition, the Nanocar Race is an international scientific experiment that will be conducted in real time, with the aim of...

Complete capsid of bacteriophage P22 generated with validated atomic models that were derived from a high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy density map. Credit: C. Hryc and the...

Ravens have impressive cognitive skills when interacting with conspecifics. Credit: Matthias Loretto, University of Vienna Several recent studies have revealed that ravens are among the most...

When stripes flash beneath the dish, the tadpole swims faster, so long as the stripes are really obvious. If they are faint, but they...