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The illustration shows a cutaway revealing the interior of early Earth with a hot, melted layer above the boundary between the core and mantle.

Mysterious lava puddles in Earth's mantle may hold clues about the origin of life: 'These are not random oddities'

By Stefanie Waldek published

Two perplexing structures deep inside Earth might be ancient remnants of our early planet, and they could hold clues about the origin of life.

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Three images side by side of a tooth-shaped fossil with various colors showing magnetic direction

Scientists discover ancient magnetic fossils of unknown creature with internal GPS

By Julian Dossett published

Also, what the heck is a magnetofossil?

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A white blob of ice surrounded by a yellow outline sits in a navy blue ocean

Satellite sees Antarctic ice shrink to 3rd-lowest max ever | Space photo of the day for Nov. 24, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

This is not good news for the future of our planet.

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A bright orange and pink and purple map showing various temperatures corresponding to various colors over an image of Hurricane Melissa with Cuba and Florida labeled

Satellite captures destructive power of Hurricane Melissa | Space photo of the day for Nov. 17, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The image shows the difference in temperature between the top of a hurricane and the bottom.

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The visualization above shows the magnetic field around Earth, the magnetosphere, as it might look from space.

Scientists find a surprising twist in Earth's magnetic field

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Parts of Earth's magnetic field work in reverse compared to what long-standing models predict, new research suggests.

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A series of 8 boxes showing various cell types with some blue tinted, some green tinted, and some red tinted

Scientists 3D printed muscle tissue in microgravity. The goal is to make human organs from scratch

By Jessica Rendall published

Scientists just 3D printed human muscle tissue in microgravity conditions. The ultimate goal is to make organs in space.

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An image from space showing a gray plume of smoke drifting over brown and snowy mountains

Volcano belches ash over Chile | Space photo of the day for Nov. 10, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission captured a plume of ash over the Planchón-Peteroa volcanic complex.

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a satellite image of flattened buildings next to a flooded river

Satellite images show parts of Jamaica in ruins after record-breaking Hurricane Melissa

By Meredith Garofalo published

New satellite imagery captures the complete devastation across Jamaica left in the wake of deadly Hurricane Melissa.

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A photo of a frozen ice core with a measuring rod underneath

Scientists discover oldest air on record trapped in 6-million-year-old Antarctic ice

By Stefanie Waldek published

Scientists working with the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX) have collected the oldest directly dated ice cores ever drilled: 6 million years old.

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A still showing the eye of Hurricane Melissa subdivided into smaller holes in swirling white clouds

Satellite images show 'mesovortices' forming around the eye of deadly Hurricane Melissa

By Elizabeth Howell published

Footage from a NOAA satellite taken Oct. 28 shows Melissa’s deadly spin as it moves across the Caribbean.

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