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Earth's violent past A colossal asteroid once boiled the oceans. It also did the unexpected.

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The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The most fascinating star in our sky inches closer to exploding
Scientists look for alien technology from the TRAPPIST planets
NASA's new moon suits are revealed. They must resist -334 F temperatures.
Webb telescope just snapped view of a distant world before it disappears
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An artist's depiction shows how a quasar, which is the extremely bright core of a galaxy, unleashes torrents of energy from its central black hole. Webb telescope spots extremely bright objects. They shouldn't be there.
R Aquarii blasting stellar material into space NASA captures star duo spraying plasma a quarter-trillion miles
Cryoconites on a glacier on Earth NASA just found places where microbial Martians might be able to thrive
A conception of the Europa Clipper spacecraft flying by the Jovian moon, Europa, with dominant Jupiter in the distance. Huge NASA spacecraft is flying to a perilous part of the solar system
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory snapped this view of a powerful solar flare in October 2024. The sun will be really 'stormy' for the next year, NASA says

Climate Change

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Earth's melting ice sheets may screw with your tech
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How do we navigate climate disinformation online?
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A Google sign outside a Nebraska data center. Google's former CEO: AI advances more important than climate conservation
A photo of Bill Nye smiling, surrounded by illustrations of the earth, flames, and a person's silhouette as they take a selfie. Bill Nye will only take a selfie with you if you're voting pro-climate
A man stares out at a piece of land full of debris, including the rubble of a home and a destroyed RV. Displaced Hurricane Helene victims can get temporary housing hosted by Airbnb
On July 22, Earth experienced the warmest daily global temperature ever recorded. NASA says Earth just had the hottest day ever recorded

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Amazon takes enormous step to reduce packaging waste
Hurricane Helene: Watch live Tampa Bay webcams as storm threatens Florida
‘Living walls’ are transforming London construction sites
Texas resident used Apple AirTags to track her recycling. It ended up in the middle of nowhere.
Fat bear ate 135,000 calories in 10 hours. And he's not done.
Satellite footage captures Hurricane Milton as is brews near Florida's West Coast Land, air, and space footage captures the surging Hurricane Milton
A view from NOAA's WP-3D Orion aircraft as it flew through Hurricane Milton on Oct. 8, 2024. Plane flies into Hurricane Milton, captures turbulent footage
Hurricane Milton's storm track, as forecast on Oct. 8, 2024. Hurricane Milton: See Florida coast webcams live as the storm approaches
A view of Hurricane Milton as it churns through the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 7, 2024. National Weather Service releases dire Hurricane Milton storm surge video
Hurricane Milton observed on Oct. 7 by NOAA's GOES-19 weather satellite. Space footage shows Hurricane Milton explode into monster storm

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A conception of NASA's Europa Clipper approaching the ice-covered world, Europa. SpaceX just launched a huge NASA craft. It's headed to an ocean world.
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Hurricane Milton approaching Florida on Oct. 8, 2024. Hurricane Milton live cams: See Tampa Bay webcams as landfall nears
Curiosity viewing the Martian landscape Past life on Mars? Here's what new NASA evidence points to.
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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.
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