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In a first, scientists witness the seafloor spread in real time, giving them a rare glimpse at a mysterious geologic process
Earth’s outermost layer—the crust—is constantly renewing itself. It’s broken into giant chunks called tectonic plates that ...
Researchers are using NASA satellites to crack the mystery of “milky seas.” ...
Antarctica is a massive block of ice hiding land underneath it, and you can hardly blame scientists for wanting to take a peek at the secrets it holds. But since you can't send humans down there — ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details about the blistering lava planet 55 Cancri e, where temperatures ...
Solar desalination turns seawater into fresh water and solid salt, hinting at a cleaner path that could even recover lithium.
The giant manta ray is far more than a peaceful plankton eater. With wingspans reaching over 8 meters, it is the largest ray on Earth—and it also has the biggest brain of any fish. Scientists have ...
In the fall of 1988, a U.S. spy plane recorded a strange light phenomenon—known as the “Dome of Light”—following the launch ...
While the world’s oceans have generally been heating up, one patch of the Atlantic located south of Greenland has been dropping in temperature. Dubbed the “cold blob,” the region’s cooling is likely ...
Hyperiid amphipods are a small but anatomically diverse group of shrimp-like crustaceans with remarkable adaptations for life ...
The gas giant, called Beta Pictoris d, had been hiding in plain sight for more than a decade, until two independent teams ...
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