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The world is ‘perilously close’ to irreversible climate change. 5 tipping points keep scientists up at night

Five years ago, the United Nations' panel on climate change was charged with drafting a series of reports detailing its science, the effects on...

Scientists detect unexpected widespread structures near Earth’s core

University of Maryland geophysicists analyzed thousands of recordings of seismic waves, sound waves traveling through the Earth, to identify echoes from the boundary between...

Scientists have spotted the farthest galaxy ever

An international team of astronomers, including researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, has spotted the most distant astronomical object ever:...

Citizen scientists help map ridge networks on Mars

Over the last two decades, scientists have discovered unusual ridge networks on Mars using images from spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet. How and why...

Scientists connect the dots between Galilean moon, auroral emissions on Jupiter

On November 8, 2020, NASA's Juno spacecraft flew through an intense beam of electrons traveling from Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, to its auroral footprint...

No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk

It's not the end of the world. It only seems that way. Climate change is going to get worse, but as gloomy as the latest...

Study suggests Earth’s tectonic activity peaked 1.1 billion years ago

A pair of Australian researchers studying rock samples has found evidence to suggest that the Earth’s tectonic plate activity peaked approximately 1.1 billion years...

Scientists find methane in Mars meteorites

An international team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites, a possible clue in the search for life on the Red...

Scientists discover distant long-period comets quickly fade away

As comets approach the Sun, they release gas and dust known to astronomers as cometary activity. For comets passing near or inside Earth's orbit,...

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