Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...

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Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler waters.

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A trailer loaded with fireworks erupted in flames along a Tennessee interstate Saturday night, sending pyrotechnics shooting across the roadway and forcing authorities to temporarily shut down traffic ...

The clock is ticking for President Donald Trump to get a deal done with Iran. Or maybe it’s the other way around: Iran could be dealing with a ticking time bomb – in its own oil wells! With just days ...

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Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

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While observing a bird in Heartopia, you'll receive additional points for catching them in certain poses! You have to be patient, as a bird only does these poses while they're calm. If they see you ...

Larry Bird should have been excited about attending Indiana University in the late summer of 1974. The man who had recruited him to come there, Dave Bliss, had been chasing him for more than a year, ...