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An enormous, ongoing cosmic "fart" is causing a mysterious zombie star to flare up repeatedly, shining bright pulses of X-rays toward Earth, a new study reveals. The unprecedented observations shed ...

The Rai expresses "deep sorrow" for the passing of Christiana Ruggeri, editor-in-chief of Tg2's Science editorial staff, journalist, writer and author of reports and in-depth analyses that "were able ...

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USGS researchers found that some seafloor rocks spontaneously combusted during lab handling, revealing a potential mining ...

Lord Howe Island sits about 600 kilometers (370 miles) off the New South Wales coast, a crescent of rainforest and sea cliffs that draws visitors to its beaches and birdlife. Few people realize they ...

Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883. One might assume that volcanic debris posed the major threat, yet many of the victims died from a ...

In 2022, the eruption and collapse of an underwater volcano in Tonga caused a devastating tsunami that killed four people, disrupted seafloor ecosystems and damaged critical seafloor ...