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A long, thin cloud sits above the surface of a dusty red planet with the blackness of space in the background.
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Rare physics demystifies Martian cloud mystery
NOV 04, 2026
An 8-cm-wide gray clay pot on the left is labeled “fake.” A tan, cow-shaped clay pot about 20 cm wide is labeled “authentic.”
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Magnetic “noise” holds the key to catching clay counterfeits
SEP 22, 2026
A satellite image of a hurricane approaching the Gulf Coast near Louisiana. White clouds spiral around the eye of the storm.
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Earthquake detectors measure hurricane turbulence
SEP 15, 2026
An aerial view of a ship at sea. The ship has a dark blue hull, and several people are standing on the white deck.
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Kilometer-scale oceanic warm fronts can rapidly alter the atmosphere
SEP 07, 2026
Jagged rocks jut out diagonally from the ground. Bushes are in the foreground.
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Fault movement may affect erosion as far as 100 km away
JUL 07, 2026
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Slow-forming core could have fueled Ganymede’s dynamo
JUN 11, 2026
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Trees can glow during thunderstorms
MAR 20, 2026
A bar chart shows the fall and rise of methane emissions from the early 1980s through the mid 2020s and shows the surge between 2020 and 2023.
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Reduced pandemic emissions contributed to atmospheric methane surge
MAR 12, 2026
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Cities built on river sediment are sinking
MAR 11, 2026
A grid of six color images shows different angles of Saturn’s moon Titan as captured by Cassini.
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Data reanalysis throws existence of an ocean on Titan into question
FEB 02, 2026
A massive ice shelf meets the open ocean.
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Unraveling the mysteries of Antarctic ice-shelf melting
JAN 23, 2026
A photo of a colorful spiral shell and a micrograph showing layers of the shell.
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A marine shell’s brilliant colors
JAN 07, 2026