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See ten spectacular images from this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest that capture the wonders of the universe

Each year, the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London invites photographers from across the globe to submit their finest shots ...

Traces of Earth's primordial magma ocean discovered in lava from a modern volcanic eruption

In May 2018, the island of Mayotte, between Madagascar and Mozambique, began to experience a series of earthquakes that led ...