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The International Space Station flies in front of the surface of the moon.
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Plane snaps rare footage of a spacecraft reentering Earth from space
How to watch Boeing's Starliner try to land empty in the desert
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Webb telescope has answers for an actual question mark in space
An artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope observing the cosmos 1 million miles from Earth. Webb telescope peers into our galaxy's outskirts, sees stunning scene
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The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour approaching the International Space Station. Scientists are collecting pee from SpaceX travelers. There's a good reason.
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 10, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Watch SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission conduct the first all-civilian spacewalk in history
ALMA telescope observing R Doradus bubbles The sun bubbles. Astronomers just saw a distant star do it, too.

Climate Change

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A black and white Earth with a fire background.
So, how hot will Earth get?
Drone footage shows the devastating floods in Rio Grande do Sul
Rare POV footage captures polar bears in their melting habitat
What if protecting coral reefs means growing them on land?
Taylor Swift is facing criticism for her private jet's CO2 emissions amid Super Bowl speculation
On July 22, Earth experienced the warmest daily global temperature ever recorded. NASA says Earth just had the hottest day ever recorded
An illustration of a human index finger spinning the Earth on its tip. Caption reads: "Unforeseen Consequences" Earth's melting ice sheets may screw with your tech
Earth as seen from the moon's orbit during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, with updated color based on lunar and Earth observations. At 11,000 feet up, scientists find Earth broke a scary record
Turbulence on airplanes is increasing, according to atmospheric scientists. Airplane turbulence is getting worse. Scientists explain why.
An illustration shows the silhouette of a man hypnotised by his phone. Around him, the background is full of smartphones with bright screens reading FAKE, thumbs up and heart reactions, chat and email inboxes. How do we navigate climate disinformation online?

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A split-screen shows two photographs of a construction hoarding – before and after the vertical meadow grew on it. Caption reads: "Vertical meadows"
‘Living walls’ are transforming London construction sites
A violent event occurred on Alaska's fat bear livestream
This shark lives for centuries. Scientists discover how it resists aging.
How Paris cleaned up the Seine for the Olympics
Yellowstone just had an explosion. What that means for the future.
A green recycling bin with the city of Houston logo, full of cardboard boxes. Texas resident used Apple AirTags to track her recycling. It ended up in the middle of nowhere.
One of the most dominant bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River, Bear 32, "Chunk." Fat bear ate 135,000 calories in 10 hours. And he's not done.
A flying spaghetti monster spotted amid a recent deep ocean expedition. Flying spaghetti monster and unworldly life filmed in deep sea footage
A crested caracara near a wind turbine in South Texas. Trump won't stop making a deceptive bird claim. Experts debunk it.
A view of Tropical Storm Debby passing over the Southeastern U.S. on Aug. 5, 2024. See South Carolina webcams as Tropical Storm Debby looms

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Butch Wilmore suiting up for Boeing Starliner dress rehearsal Boeing's Starliner was mysteriously blooping like a submarine in space. Here's why.
Crew-9 preparing for spaceflight 2 women lose their ride to space in Boeing Starliner fallout
Perseverance rover dropping sample tubes on Mars NASA's plan to return Martian rocks is in trouble. Could these 7 companies help?
An artist's conception of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft flying by Jupiter's moon Europa. NASA's huge spacecraft will soon launch to alluring ocean world
Crew practicing for Polaris Dawn Watch SpaceX launch 4 people for the first commercial spacewalk
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft captured a view of the expansive Pacific Ocean. Spacecraft swoops between moon and Earth, captures stunning footage
A NASA conception of a rogue planet in the cosmos. Webb telescope discovers 6 rogue worlds. They didn't form the way you'd expect.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams walking in astronaut suits NASA's new plan keeps Starliner astronauts in space until 2025
A hypothetical view from Earth as the Andromeda galaxy (on left) is about to collide with part of the Milky Way galaxy. Our galaxy might crash into Andromeda. What would happen to us?
Skies glowing green over Mars A space company is headed to Mars this fall. No, it's not SpaceX.
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Microscopic footage uncovers the tiny worlds our eyes can't see
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Images of JFK, Yuri Gagarin and the Moon landing
The story of space travel: from gunpowder to giant rockets
An aerial drone photograph shows the Icelandic town of Grindavík during the volcano eruption on Sunday, 14 January 2024. In the backround, we see new eruptions from the fresh fissures in an immediate proximity to the town.
Drone footage shows Iceland volcano eruption’s damage on Grindavík
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10 mind-blowing Webb Telescope discoveries
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An entire country ran on renewable energy for six days straight
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Iceland’s seismic waves sound awfully eerie. You can listen.
A split-screen shows an aerial photograph of a Greenland glacier in the 1930's, next to one from 2023, making the loss of ice in the region particularly visible. Caption reads "Rapid ice loss"
Greenland’s glaciers are melting twice as fast this century, study shows
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NASA may get houses on the moon in our lifetimes
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