Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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Inside a new quest to save the “doomsday glacier”
Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve forecasts of sea-level rise and explore the possibility of ...
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How Old Is the Earth?
Stromatolites: You Can't Spell Mold Without Old One of the big problems with Kelvin's estimates for the age of the Earth was ...
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Largest-ever 3D map of the universe lets us travel back 11 billion years
DESI's first dataset maps 18.7 million celestial objects, aiding dark energy, galaxy, and universe expansion studies.
SPHEREx telescope aims to unlock secrets of universe's first moments
NASA launched a new space telescope into orbit to explore the origins of the universe. The mission will use sophisticated ...
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Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'
Astronomers have discovered the smallest dwarf galaxy ever seen. It is a mystery how the satellite galaxy of Andromeda ...
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Origin of life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells
Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.
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Can Earth’s Rotation Generate Electricity? Physicists Divided over Controversial Idea
Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...