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What is the heaviest element in the universe? Are there infinitely many elements? Where and how could superheavy elements be created naturally?

What may be scariest about a spooky black cat is the way superstition and tradition shape people's perceptions and biases about animals based only on their color.

Rain has so far been ignored in calculations of the ocean's capacity to take up carbon, but a new estimate shows it enhances the ocean sink by 5% to 7%.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered lonely quasars in the early universe, with "empty larders" that defy theories surrounding their growth to monster sizes.

A pulsating red star and its spectacular nebula have been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

The Himalayas' massive heights result from a unique combination of geologic factors.