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Volcanic activity may be the cause of marsquakes

Volcanic activity beneath the surface of Mars could be responsible for triggering repetitive Marsquakes, which are similar to earthquakes, in a specific region of...

Estimates of the carbon cycle, vital to predicting climate change, are incorrect, researchers show

Virginia Tech researchers, in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have discovered that key parts of the global carbon cycle used to track movement...

Torrential rains kill 14 in Brazil

Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people including eight children, and leaving five...

San Andreas Fault’s creeping section could unleash large earthquakes

The central section of the San Andreas Fault could host larger quakes than previously realized. The middle section of the San Andreas Fault may have...

10 of the deadliest natural disasters in history

Every year, some of the deadliest natural disasters — earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, wildfires and droughts, on average kill nearly 60,000 people,...

Astronomers discover farthest star yet

Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos. But...

NASA begins critical final test on mega Moon rocket

NASA on Friday began a critical two-day-long test of its giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket complete with a simulated countdown, as the agency...

Astrophysicists set constraints on compact dark matter from gravitational wave microlensing

The existence of dark matter remains one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. While studies have indirectly hinted at its existence, its invisible...

U.S. can get close to deep decarbonization by 2050

The United States will get only partially toward deep reductions in greenhouse gasses with the policy tools currently available even in the scenario most...

‘Flash droughts’ coming on faster, global study shows

Just like flash floods, flash droughts come on fast—drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks. These events can wipe out crops...

First audio recorded on Mars reveals two speeds of sound

The first audio recordings on Mars reveal a quiet planet with occasional gusts of wind where two different speeds of sound would have a...

Team develops new method of hunting for carbon in soil without digging or taking soil samples

Physicists and soil scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have teamed up to develop a new method for...

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