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Scientists propose new theory that explains sand ripples on Mars and on Earth

Sand ripples are fascinating. They are symmetrical, yet wind — which causes them — is very much not. Furthermore, they…

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Pet Cockatiel Bird Wakes Up Owner Singing Earth, Wind & Fire’s ‘September’

A British woman’s pet bird is also an early bird — and the way it wakes up its owner is…

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‘Alien’ object that crashed into Earth has a much funnier explanation

Well folks, it’s still not aliens. It’s common for speeding rocks from space to blow up in our atmosphere, events…

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A hunk of junk from the International Space Station hurtles back to Earth

Enlarge / In March 2021, the International Space Station’s robotic arm released a cargo pallet with nine expended batteries. NASA…

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Broken moon lander beams back a final poignant photo — of Earth

A spacecraft on the moon is lying on its side. It snapped a leg while landing. And now it’s lost…

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Odysseus Lunar Lander Sent a Farewell Photo of Earth: Now What?

Goodbye, Odie. On Thursday, Houston-based space-exploration company Intuitive Machines bade farewell to Odysseus, the lunar lander that took the US…

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I discovered a way to identify the millions of species on Earth after a lightbulb moment in the supermarket | Wildlife

As a child, I used to roam the countryside collecting moths and butterflies on the edge of the Great Lakes…

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Diverse ancient volcanoes on Mars discovered by planetary scientist may hold clues to pre-plate tectonic activity on Earth

Volcanoes are a common feature on the surfaces of solid planets within the solar system, resulting from magmatic activity occurring…

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What turned Earth into a giant snowball 700m years ago? Scientists now have an answer

Australian geologists have used plate tectonic modelling to determine what most likely caused an extreme ice-age climate in Earth’s history,…

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Increased temperature difference between day and night can affect all life on earth

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming…

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