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Flat Earthers may have chosen to completely dismiss scientific evidence and photos taken of our beautiful blue planet from ...

From the smallest creak to the mightiest waterways, rivers have shaped the course of human civilization. UCSB's Vamsi Ganti discusses these processes and why studying them is of practical importance.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is pushing to loosen power limits on transmissions in low Earth orbit, a move that some fear could give upstart US operators more power ...

If the fragility of our planet sometimes seems like a uniquely 21st century problem, a new show at the University of Stirling ...

A study led by the University of Arizona has revealed connections between Earth's last ice age and future climate patterns, ...

Over six missions to the moon, from 1969 to 1972, Apollo astronauts collected more than 800 pounds of lunar rock and soil. Chemical and ...

To solve this mystery, scientists analyzed satellite images covering the entire Antarctic continent. This approach allowed ...

An astronomer has said Mars might be very different from other planets in our solar system because of a long lost moon. The ...

There are turbulent times ahead, and we can't avoid global crisis. By this point, we should all know who's to blame ...