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Sunspots are caused by magnetic fields that twist in a chaotic manner and often create solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

Spain’s Maritime Rescue service said that killer whales repeatedly ran into the Mustique, a 20-meter (65-foot) vessel sailing under a U.K. flag, late on Wednesday, rendering its rudder inoperative and cracking its hull. Spanish rescuers needed to pump out seawater before towing her to safety.

Incredible video shows the lion wandering through the campsite before approaching the family.

An American tourist has lost her leg after being bitten by a shark while vacationing in Turks and Caicos, police say.

The flight came nearly two years after Richard Branson beat fellow billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to space.

A mountain lion studied by biologists in wilderness areas near Los Angeles has given birth to three healthy kittens.

SN 2023ixf is a Type II supernova, an explosion that occurs after a massive star runs out of nuclear fuel and collapses.

The incident occurred on the evening of May 20 in the park's northeastern corner in Wyoming.

What draws mosquitoes to certain people over others? A recent study aimed to investigate this question and found that mosquitoes “consistently, night after night," chose the same human scent.

“It was getting ready to take out the trash," the homeowner joked.

John Goad has been trying to catch a record sunfish for nearly 10 years. He's now thanking a cow that may have helped him accomplish his goal.

The Leavenworth County Attorney’s Office said they witnessed a good deed Monday morning during a downpour and had to capture it on camera.

It will be used to transport astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2029, following a pair of crew landings by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

The video, recorded on May 12, captures the moment the shark charged at the kayaker, only for him to kick the shark away in a quick act of self-defense.

So far, five females have been reintroduced to Sydney’s Royal national Park and another four males will follow in the coming weeks.

Technically known as radiological dispersion devices, dirty bombs are relatively primitive, imprecise weapons. They are much easier and cheaper to build than a nuclear device and also far less dangerous.