Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have taken a closer look at TOI-5205 b, a strange exoplanet often labeled “forbidden,” and found something unexpected. Its atmosphere appears to ...

Stromatolites—and their close relatives, microbial mats—could be mistaken for what seems like a bunch of old dark rocks. But ...

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Corals have been around for hundreds of millions of years, and the skeletons they build from calcium carbonate are both complex and resistant to damage. Researchers dove deep into how these sea ...

This video explores five of the most mysterious underwater structures ever discovered, from stone circles in Lake Michigan to the controversial Yonaguni Monument in Japan. But the most clickable case ...

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Aaron Rossini of Iowa State and Ames National Laboratory with the nuclear magnetic resonance instrument in his Hach Hall lab. Iowa State University/Christopher Gannon. Iowa State's Aaron Rossini has ...

Galactic filaments are the largest known structures in the universe — vast strands of galaxies and dark matter stretching across unimaginable distances. They form what scientists call the cosmic web, ...

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about human history and geology. Every so often, sonar technology or daring deep ...