Jess Thomson

The X1.9-class solar flare was spat out from a magnetically active sunspot named AR3590, which also released an X1.7-class flare mere hours later.

The decimal point appears to have been first used in the 1440s, a century and a half earlier than initially assumed.

These overwintering fires can burn all through the colder months, turning back into a full blaze during the spring and summer.

The ancient dolphin may have "scanned shallow waters to capture small prey in a basket of teeth," the researchers explain.

"We need lots of timed photos of the comet to build up a picture of its journey through our solar system," astronomer Sarah Watson said.

Nocturia can lead to loss of sleep, and therefore increase the risk of several health issues as a result.

The 36-year-old leucistic alligator, named Thibodaux, had around 7 dollars worth of coins removed from his gut in an operation.

The reptiles are one of the most commonly encountered snakes in Australia and were responsible for 16 percent of snakebites between 2005 and 2015.

The sinking of land could exacerbate the effects of rising sea levels in many cities, threatening millions of people and homes.

Eris and Makemake, two dwarf planets beyond Neptune, may be host to geothermal activity and therefore be more habitable than was once thought.

The oil spill has traveled over 150 miles west of the island of Tobago in the days since a barge wrecked on a reef and began leaking oil into the ocean.

The porpoise was found washed up on a beach with its head missing, with a "bloody saw" being present in a garbage can nearby.

Bears near the garbage dump have raised several generations of cubs, all of whom rely on the trash for high-calorie human food.

A lake that formed in 2023 on a Death Valley salt flat after Hurricane Hilary has refilled again from atmospheric river rainfall.

A subduction zone near Gibraltar may move into the Atlantic, creating an "Atlantic ring of fire" before the ocean begins to close.

The black parts of the fossil, previously thought to be preserved soft tissues, have turned out actually to be black paint.

Scientists have found that Clostridia bacteria in the gut digest the sorbitol in sugar-free gum, so anything that disrupts these bacteria can lead to gas.

"We've unquestionably observed something important for our understanding of fast radio bursts," astrophysicist George Younes said.

"We now need to be a little less optimistic when searching for extraterrestrial lifeforms within our own solar system," astrobiologist Catherine Neish said.

The dogs and horses found buried next to human skeletons may have been pets, or could have been buried for religious or other symbolic reasons.

The dinosaur is a 70-million-year-old titanosaur, which was one of the largest groups of dinosaurs, and included brachiosaurus and diplodocus.

"In this part of Australia they have been regionally extinct for quite a long time," ecologist Michelle Hall said. "So that was a very exciting sighting."

A solar flare has triggered an event where protons slam into the ionosphere at the poles and ionize it, causing radio blackouts.

Spiders can adapt to look like ants just as well as other insects can, researchers found.

A man who died from the virus was only the seventh ever recorded human case of the infection.

"Of particular interest is the distribution of water on asteroids, because that can shed light on how water was delivered to Earth," researcher Anicia Arredondo said.

"The need to protect eyelash vipers is critical, since unlike other snakes, they cannot survive without adequate canopy cover," said expert Alejandro Arteaga.

The North Atlantic right whale, one of a population of less than 400, was found dead on a Massachusetts beach with rope tangled around its tail.

A set of microbes was present on a number of dead bodies as they decomposed, possibly allowing for a more accurate time of death.

The orange glow of lava pumping out of a fissure in the ground during the most recent Icelandic eruption was captured on Thursday.