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Water droplets on soap films orbited and merged like colliding galaxies, a technique that could help scientists study the cosmos.

At some 60 billion times the mass of the sun, this dark void could be home to a pair of black holes that are due for a cosmic collision.

Rather than catching a yawn on sight, muscles squeezing the uterus could be the trigger for a fetus to catch a yawn from its mother.

Road closure Beginning May 18, Higby Road will be closed from Bowstring Road to Harness Road for a construction project. The projected reopening date will be Aug. 12. The work is a part of the Triview Higby Road Project.…

Snow totals Woodland Park got 4.4 inches of snow during the May 5-6 snowstorm, according to the National Weather Service reporting system. Following last week’s snow, statewide snowpack has officially escaped record-low territory, though it’s still at…

From Slate Magazine: It’s Almost Swimsuit Season. American Men Are Missing Out on the Best Part.

On the International Space Station, a cube holding a diamond-based sensor revealed the potential for quantum magnetometers.

A new study links the sun's 11-year cycle to accelerated orbital loss, with debris falling faster once sunspot numbers near their cycle peak.

A brief stellar eclipse suggests the tiny 2002 XV93 has a thin atmosphere — a first for any solar system body farther from the sun than Pluto.

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