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The spacecraft now almost tips upside down relative to Mars to give its radar the best view.

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them — has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal Biosciences — an American for-profit de-extinction startup headed by geneticists George Church and Beth Shapiro — announced two major…

Differences in the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon will make July 9, July 22 and August 5 unusually short.

On April 20th, NASA's Lucy was in the sky, not with diamonds, but with an asteroid.

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What color is moonlight typically, and what other colors can moonlight look like from our perspective on Earth?

The rocks are even older than originally thought

The world is filled with well-meaning people reaching for products that promise to save the Earth. Supermarkets, online ads, and influencers push everything from reusable straws to bamboo toothbrushes with bright green labels and buzzwords like “eco-friendly,” “sustainable,” or “zero waste.”

In the latest attack on science by the Trump administration, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center will no longer receive data from a fleet of military satellites.

There's more than one 'Planet of the Apes' timeline to consider. Here's a guide to watching all the movies, in various orders.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name “Hadean” comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely characterized the planet at the time.