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Scientists have developed a breakthrough coronagraph that could finally allow us to see Earth-like exoplanets hidden in the ...

Global warming is flooding low-lying coastal regions, but it’s drying out the land beyond. The most serious consequences of ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Rising global temperatures are driving the sharp decline in terrestrial water storage. This trend isn’t likely to change, scientists say.

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As ice sheets melt and ocean mass gets redistributed around the planet, Earth's geographic North and South poles could shift ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

The Earth sits comfortably in its orbit tilted on its axis at 23 degrees. Knock the planet over - and it wouldn't be the ...

A reanalysis of paleomagnetic poles provides tighter bounds on the style and rate of motions of our whole planet with respect ...

The sun will set on Wednesday, April 16 at 8:01 p.m. in Seattle. Throughout the rest of April, we'll continue to gain over ...