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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life
A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa More »
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What's behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal
The latest solar storm has triggered northern lights farther south than normal including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City More »
Scientists recreate the head of this ancient 9-foot-long bug
Scientists now know what the head of the biggest bug to ever crawl the Earth looks like More »
A rare comet brightens the night skies in October
A rare, bright comet will be visible in October, clear skies permitting More »
Climate change gave significant boost to Milton's destructive rain, winds, scientists say
Scientists say human-caused climate change intensified deadly Hurricane Milton’s rainfall by 20 to 30% and strengthened its winds by about 10% More »
Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins — life's building blocks
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life More »
Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanes
Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes More »
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash More »
Here's what has made Hurricane Milton so fierce and unusual
With its mighty strength and its dangerous path, Hurricane Milton has powered into a very rare threat that is flirting with experts’ worst fears More »
Climate change boosted Helene's deadly rain and wind and scientists say same is likely for Milton
Scientists say human-caused climate change boosted the rainfall of deadly Hurricane Helene by about 10% and intensified its winds by about 11% More »
