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A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single evening, and rearranged them to create a striking composite image. Each "planetary parade" member was captured with the same magnification, meaning they are perfectly scaled.

A new study of human remains dredged from the Thames River reveals that people frequently deposited corpses there in the Bronze and Iron ages.

The telehealth company Hims & Hers put out a Super Bowl ad that skimped on clarifying that its compounded semaglutide medications aren't FDA-approved.

The surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal.

Flies are attracted to our pungent "cloud of effervescence," experts say.

A new study has greatly expanded the number of gene variants thought to be tied to bipolar disorder.

More than a quarter million beads found in a tomb with female skeletons were used to decorate the women's ceremonial dresses, suggesting they were powerful leaders five millennia ago.

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica's ice.

A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.

Rat populations are growing in cities around the world because of climate change. A new study explains why this is happening now and what we can do about it.

How do Hula-Hoops keep from falling down as we twirl them around?