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Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

A bullet-speed experiment reveals that the Earth's inner core may be softer and more dynamic than previously thought.

Earth's magnetic field was struck by a "severe" solar storm Monday (Jan. 19), triggering vibrant auroras in the U.S. and ...

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in ...

It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the early Solar System.

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ...

As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth's third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are sharply ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

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