Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

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A large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The ...

By controlling individual atoms, researchers have demonstrated a way to turn previously unwanted atomic motion into an ...

A British metal detectorist discovered a gold band with an engraved date-of-death in Norfolk.

Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to ...

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved ...

Researchers have located the wrecks of two long-lost military vehicles on the seafloor a few miles from San Diego: an ...

Higher global temperatures mean the intertropical convergence zone could shift south — throwing off precipitation trends for ...

A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.