The Sun is the closest star to us and the most studied by humanity. There is a lot we still do not know about it. Among the unknowns, until today, were the Sun's polar regions. We simply had not seen ...

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“Every body part is sensitive to the phenomenon, such as a phantom erection pain following a penectomy,” explained Lim.

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“We didn’t know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the Sun’s poles are literally terra incognita,” added Professor Sami Solanki, who leads the PHI instrument team from the Max ...

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“Long-exposure photos make the Milky Way’s bright stars and dark dust clouds even clearer. And while our eyes see it in ...

In 2004, researchers from the mining group Rio Tinto found this peculiar mineral in Jadar (pronounced "Yadar"), Serbia. Its ...

Not only has quantum theory stood the test of time, but it’s proved useful in everything from computing, to biol ...

In today’s sizes, the shoes would have been the equivalent of a UK men’s size 12 to 14, which is 13 to 15 in the US. In ...

A mounting movement is granting legal "personhood" to nature, but is it a practical solution or just a nice idea?