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How a Warm Tropical Ocean Secretly Buried Antarctica in Record Snowfall
East Antarctica added a record 695 billion tons of ice between 2021 and 2023, temporarily slowing the continent's long-term ice loss. Scientists disco…
By Quinn Foster · Sep 8, 2026
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Utah's Rocky Slopes Are Hiding Nearly a Billion Tons of Frozen Water
Scientists have discovered that Utah's seemingly dry, rocky mountain slopes are hiding nearly 1 billion tons of water locked within so-called rock gla…
By Jordan Hayes · Sep 8, 2026
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US Army Stormed a Fake Desert City With Drones and Robots to Prepare for Future War
US Army soldiers conducted a major training exercise in the Mojave Desert, testing new technologies in simulated urban combat against mock enemy force…
By Devin Marsh · Sep 7, 2026
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The Leap Second's Days Are Numbered as Global Timekeepers Weigh a Century-Scale Fix
International timekeeping officials are set to vote in October on a proposal that would replace the familiar leap second with a much larger leap hour.…
By Reese Coleman · Sep 7, 2026
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A Warm Tropical Ocean Triggered Antarctica's Record Ice Surge — Here's the Catch
East Antarctica experienced a record-breaking ice gain of 695 billion tons over just two years, driven largely by unusually heavy snowfall triggered b…
By Riley Carter · Sep 6, 2026
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New Research Pinpoints Which American Regions Would Lose Power in a Catastrophic Solar Storm
New research has mapped out which parts of the United States are most vulnerable to power outages caused by a severe solar storm. Scientists have iden…
By Drew Mitchell · Sep 6, 2026
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Your DNA May Help Explain Why You Are the Way You Are
Researchers have identified genetic markers connected to the Big Five personality traits, which include openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agr…
By Rowan Fletcher · Sep 5, 2026
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After 8 Years and 6 Billion Miles, Two Spacecraft Are Finally at Mercury
After eight years of travel through space, the BepiColombo mission is closing in on Mercury and preparing to unlock some of the tiny planet's biggest …
By Jordan Hayes · Sep 5, 2026
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A Tiny Probe Launching in 2029 Will Spend 80,000 Years Reaching the Nearest Star
A new nonprofit called Fermi Explorer is planning to launch the first spacecraft intentionally aimed at another star system by 2029, with a budget und…
By Riley Carter · Sep 4, 2026
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How a Solar Superstorm Nearly Sent Self-Driving Cars Off Course Last November
A powerful solar superstorm recently disrupted GPS systems so severely that self-driving vehicles experienced dangerous navigation failures. The massi…
By Sydney Parker · Sep 4, 2026
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AI Uncovers Six Secret Zones Hiding at the Bottom of Earth's Interior
Artificial intelligence has uncovered six previously unknown geological zones near the boundary between Earth's core and mantle, something decades of …
By Casey Morgan · Sep 3, 2026
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When Corn Grows in Space Its Roots Completely Lose Their Way
NASA scientists have been studying how microgravity affects plant growth by growing corn seeds in space, and the results revealed changes in how the s…
By Jamie Sullivan · Sep 3, 2026
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Two Alien Worlds Discovered 337 Light-Years Away — One Burns, One May Harbor Water
A Spanish-led research team has confirmed the discovery of a potentially habitable planet in the TOI-1752 system, located 337 light-years from Earth. …
By Devin Marsh · Sep 2, 2026
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One Man's Camera Captured the Largest Glacier Collapse in Recorded History
A photographer captured what is considered the largest glacier calving event ever filmed, documenting a massive chunk of ice breaking away from a glac…
By Taylor Reed · Sep 2, 2026
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Northern Lights Put on a Show for Nine Border States Last Night
Skywatchers in states along the U.S.-Canadian border may have a chance to see the northern lights on Sunday night. While the probability is described …
By Rowan Fletcher · Sep 1, 2026
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Ancient Earth Movements Set the Stage for Antarctica's Deep Freeze
A new modelling study suggests Antarctica's massive ice sheet formed 34 million years ago partly because slow-moving mantle waves, set in motion durin…
By Drew Mitchell · Sep 1, 2026
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Hidden Beneath Utah's Rubble Lies a Glacier the Size of the Great Pyramid
Scientists have uncovered a massive hidden ice deposit beneath Mount Timpanogos in Utah's Wasatch Range. By taking 232 gravity readings across the mou…
By Hayden Walsh · Aug 31, 2026
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope Launches on a Million-Mile Journey to Unlock Cosmic Mysteries
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track for its upcoming launch, scheduled for 7:26 a.m. ET. The telescope and its Falcon Heavy rocket ha…
By Avery Bennett · Aug 31, 2026
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A Skull Forgotten for 150 Years Just Revealed an Entirely New Ancient Species
A fossilized skull that had been sitting largely unexamined in a Danish museum since the 19th century has been identified as a previously unknown spec…
By Devin Marsh · Aug 30, 2026
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope Lifts Off Today Aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track for its scheduled launch on August 30. SpaceX is preparing to carry the observatory into space ab…
By Sydney Parker · Aug 30, 2026
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Hidden Glacier Beneath Utah's Most Popular Peak Holds a Massive Secret Water Reserve
Researchers in Utah have discovered a potential new water source buried within a rock glacier on Mount Timpanogos. Using new research methods, scienti…
By Emerson Gray · Aug 29, 2026
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Earth's Shadow Painted the Moon Crimson in a Once-in-Years Spectacle
A partial lunar eclipse is taking place the night of August 27 into the early hours of August 28, marking the best lunar eclipse viewing opportunity u…
By Morgan Ellis · Aug 29, 2026
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New Study Reignites Debate Over Whether the Universe Is Actually Accelerating
A new study is casting fresh doubt on the standard model of cosmology by identifying serious flaws in a recent analysis that supported the idea that t…
By Avery Bennett · Aug 28, 2026
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Earth's Shadow Swallowed 96% of the Moon Overnight in a Stunning Almost-Blood Moon
A partial lunar eclipse is taking place the night of August 27 into the early hours of August 28, marking the best lunar eclipse visible until Decembe…
By Avery Bennett · Aug 28, 2026