After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

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The 2025 American Birding Association Bird of the Year has been revealed as one that is Minnesota's own.

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A sky chart for mid-January 2025 shows a southward view around 7 p.m. Two other planets ... meaning it will be directly on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, something that happens ...

University of Arizona astronomers have now produced the highest resolution direct images ever taken of a supermassive black ...

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