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By Brett Tingley Published
A new NASA satellite image has captured a rare view of an erupting volcano, revealing its bright red lava flow as seen from space.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another in Brazil.

By Elise Cutts Published
Iron isotopes show that salty seawater pockets beneath the ice were as cold as −15°C.

By Samantha Mathewson Published
A persistent "gravity hole" beneath Antarctica gives scientists a window into Earth's deep interior, showing how processes far below reshape the planet's gravity field over millions of years.

By Samantha Mathewson Published
New satellite imagery reveals that Doñana National Park, one of Europe's most valuable wetlands, is shrinking so rapidly that it could disappear within a human lifetime.

By Anna Marie Brennan Published
As global tensions rise, the island has become a geopolitical pressure gauge, revealing how the old international legal order is beginning to fray.

By Anthony Wood Published
ESA marked the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics by capturing the venue from low-Earth orbit.

By Carlos Martinez Published
Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

By Ben Mather, Adriana Dutkiewicz, Dietmar Müller, Sabin Zahirovic Published
New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously thought.
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