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The irregular dwarf galaxy UGC 8091 is likely a building block of ‘grand design’ galaxies like our Milky Way.

It may initially seem like a simple question, but determining which planet is closest to Earth is surprisingly tricky and can have multiple correct answers.

American burying beetle parents work together to find and bury a dead animal that its brood can consume after hatching.

Scientists have identified three definitive supercontinents in Earth's history and predict the landmasses we live on today will come together again in the future.

To reach absolute zero, all of the particles within an object have to stop moving.

The structure is so large, it defies one of the simplest rules of cosmology.

Two tight fasteners kept the majority of the Bennu asteroid sample from scientists since it returned to Earth in September. Now they've finally prised it open.

Deal Best Buy just brought the Samsung Galaxy Watch6 down to under $400.

Archaeologists in England have discovered the remains of a teenager and child buried in a spooning position in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery dating to the sixth or seventh century A.D.

Diamonds erupt from the deep as supercontinents break up. Now you can listen to the "song" of these kimberlite eruptions.

Gigantopithecus blacki went extinct at least 215,000 years ago after climate change caused its forest home to vanish.

Scientists discovered a new class of antibiotic that kills bacteria in a unique way and isn't vulnerable to existing drug resistance.

The temple sits adjacent to a sanctuary dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis.

The most powerful and distant fast radio burst ever seen has been tracked to a "blob" of galaxies that existed when the universe was less than half its current age.

The Einstein Probe has left Earth to survey the cosmos for X-ray signals from feeding black holes, colliding neutron stars and exploding stars.

Archaeologists used lasers to view an ancient civilization hidden in the Amazon rainforest.

Catch data from 2012 to 2019 reveal shark deaths from fishing increased from 76 million to 80 million per year. Researchers stress that more action is needed to save threatened species.

Instead of bludgeoning Australia's invasive cane toads to death, scientists advise popping them in the fridge for a day or two before transferring them to the freezer to finish them off.

Scientists are studying how fruit bats can handle such a sugary diet in order to potentially uncover new ways to manage humans' glucose levels.

The newly identified tyrannosaur species is the closest known relative of T. rex and could have been even larger than the famous dinosaur king.