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In a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, astronomers describe the youngest transiting planet ever found. It’s ...

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Starring Saoirse Ronan as a young mother, the film celebrates Londoners' resilience in the face of an eight-month Nazi aerial ...

Makenzie Van Eyk wrote the letter as part of a class project in 1998, when she was in fourth grade. Recently, the note was ...

On this day in 1718, the Royal Navy attacked and killed Blackbeard, also known as Edward Teach, off the coast of North ...

Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small ...

The insects participate in elaborate courtships, are devoted parents, occasionally eat each other and have a gregarious ...