Researchers at China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) have accelerated a one-ton vehicle from a dead stop ...

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A violent outburst from a nearby star has given astronomers a rare, close-up look at how stellar tempers can threaten the ...

Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth’s inner core may not be fully solid. A rare “superionic” state of matter could explain ...

In the world of magic, levitation looks like a simple spell. In movies and TV series, characters lift objects with a wave of ...