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On a cloudless sunny day in October 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack stood on a mountain pass in the Pyrenees and observed a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle…

Nature, Published online: 20 February 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00510-2The supermassive object broke away from a nearby galaxy and is now racing through the intergalactic medium.

As the Grammy winners took to the stage in Los Angeles on Sunday night, one common thread emerged: many had once walked the halls of a…

On Christmas Day 2021, alongside other astronomers, I watched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch from French Guiana and begin its month-long journey to its…

Every night before bedtime, I take my dogs outside to do their doggy business, letting them run around in the yard on the eastern side of…

For the past few years, astronomers have grappled with a cosmic enigma first revealed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Practically everywhere JWST looked in…

“I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars,” Donald Trump said after declaring victory on 6 November 2024. It wasn’t his first…

Matthew Kuhnemann is in line for a World Cup debut after being included as the biggest surprise selection in Australia’s squad for the T20 World Cup.As…

Dana LeeDec 29, 2025, 07:30 AM ETCloseDana Lee is a reporter-researcher at ESPN.THE INDIANA HOOSIERS are having a historic run this college football season. They went…

About 800 years ago, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at the University of Oxford, challenged the scientific thinking of the day, using his understanding of the…