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With the help of a ruby cube and two laser beams, researchers made one ray of light cast a shadow when illuminated by the ...

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Parts of the northern U.S. could have an opportunity to see the northern lights on Wednesday night, with additional chances ...

Auroral activity might become visible to a portion of the northern U.S. on Thursday night, as geomagnetic storm conditions ...

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My daughter's diagnosis of a rare and aggressive brain tumor at 3 years old made me strongly consider whether or not to have her treated with radiation.

Astrophysicists have, for the first time, measured the temperature of elementary particles in the radioactive afterglow of a neutron star collision, which led to the formation of a black hole. This br ...

The European Southern Observatory captured a Halloween-themed image of the Dark Wolf Nebula, a hauntingly dense cloud of ...

The temperature of elementary particles has been observed in the radioactive glow following the collision of two neutron stars and the birth of a black hole. This has, for the first time, made it ...

Webb's high-resolution instruments uncover distant objects, enabling studies of early stars, galaxies, and habitable ...