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Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time.

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.

How does creeping stress ignite a cataclysmic earthquake? A new study has answers.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. Here's how it affects the brain and who is most at risk.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in southeastern Australia.

"Recycling" an already transplanted organ could help save lives, but the procedure comes with additional risks, physicians say.