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Multiple NASA satellites have captured images of the dramatic and long-awaited birth of one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, which broke off an Antarctic ice shelf this week.

On Monday night (July 10), NASA's Juno spacecraft zoomed just 5,600 miles (9,000 kilometers) above the Great Red Spot's cloud tops — closer than any probe had gotten before. The images Juno took that night have now come down to Earth.

A nearly 6,000-year-old long barrow, or house of the dead, has been unearthed in the same region that houses Stonehenge.

Nearly every region of the world has influenced the customs and traditions of the United States.

Metformin is a prescription drug used primarily in the treatment of type II diabetes.

A new island in North Carolina popped up seemingly overnight.

"Perfect forms" carved in ivory reveal humanity's oldest set of ropes, research suggests.

Here's a look at ancient stone tombs, some made of towering, flattened rocks, that have been discovered in a desert in Jordan that is so desolate an explorer once called it the land of "dead fire."

Hundreds of ancient stone tombs, some made with towering, flattened rocks, have been discovered in Jebel Qurma, a desert region in Jordan that is so desolate that one early explorer called it a land of "dead fire."

What are the traits that identify a domestic cat as the best of its breed?

Meet a few of the cats that took home top prizes for the Cat Fanciers Association show season of 2016 and 2017.

Before you take a dip, know this: There is definitely pee in the swimming pool. But, it's probably not that much.

Researchers have encoded the data to make a short video into the DNA molecules of bacteria.

A beachgoer recently came across a bizarre sight on the California shore: a decaying white, black and purple blob covered with sand.