A strong, 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Mexico on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor ...

Earth's core might be layered like an onion, according to a new study that looked at the anomalous nature of waved in the ...

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Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, interacting very weakly with ordinary ...

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Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing ...

The detection of mercurial particles of light emanating from mice led to a flurry of interest in biophotons, a mysterious ...

A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change ...

More than 300 earthquakes have rattled the San Ramon area since November. The largest earthquakes in the sequence struck in ...

The 2025 mega-quake in Myanmar was a catastrophe for the communities it struck, but for scientists it was also a ...

Underwater earthquakes can trigger massive phytoplankton blooms, linking deep-sea seismic activity to ocean life and carbon cycling.

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