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Jupiter's powerful auroras form during a 'tug of war' between the planet and nearby moon volcanoes
NASA's Juno spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope helped researchers chart the electric current…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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How to bake a meteorite — scientists are heating up space rocks to recreate the birth of planets
According to her, when the building blocks of a planet are coming together, the material is he…
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How antimatter engines could fly humans to other stars in just a few years
Antimatter isn't just a sci-fi trope. Ryan Weed has been working on designing an antimatter propuls…
Adam Barnes
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How sounds are made for nature documentaries
Foley artist Richard Hinton explains how he fakes the sounds of nature for series like "Planet Eart…
Ian Phillips,Ben Nigh
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How Berlin's techno scene came to define the post-wall city and earn UNESCO cultural heritage status — with a little help from Detroit
Berlin's techno scene has helped transform the city into a youthful, vibrant hub of artists, studen…
Nathan Rennolds
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The biggest gaming companies from around the world formed an alliance one year ago to combat climate change. Its architect explains how video games can save the planet.
The Playing For The Planet alliance was announced one year ago in New York City. Dr. Trista Patters…
Dave Smith
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First-ever livestream from Mars beamed back images from the red planet despite technical difficulties
Never have images from the red planet been seen in near real-time. Inclement weather disrupted the …
Marianne Guenot
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How to cancel a Planet Fitness membership in 2 ways
To cancel a Planet Fitness membership, you need to visit your gym in person or write a postal lette…
Dave Johnson
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Astronomers spot a sneak peek of Earth's death a star swallowing a planet whole — for the first time
Telescopes saw into our future when they spotted a burst of light from a distant star. It was gulpi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists find more evidence of possible life on Venus
In this study, scientists created a set of chemical processes to show that the presence of ammon…
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Mars and Venus will appear just a finger's width apart in the night sky on Monday and Tuesday. Here's how to see it.
Mars and Venus will be a mere half-degree apart, or about the width of an index finger at arm's len…
Aylin Woodward
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More than retail or hotels, the film industry is destroying the planet. But sustainable sets like Oscar winner 'The Whale' may offer a new way forward.
The average tentpole production —with a budget of over $70 million — generates 2,840 tonnes of carb…
Parisa Hashempour
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Nonprofits like World Wildlife Fund give companies guidance and guardrails for going green
Nonprofits like WWF play an important role in helping companies adopt practices of accountability a…
Julia Hood
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How US nuclear tests in the '70s led to today's thriving otter population on the Pacific west coast
Before the US set off a nuclear weapons test, it moved hundreds of otters to the US and British Col…
Jenny McGrath
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Stripe, ADM, and other companies tout Earth Day pledges and progress reports
April 22, 2022 was the 51st Earth Day. Stripe and ADM marked Earth Day with new commitments to tack…
Chris Daniels
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An astronomer's colorful animation shows how Saturn's disappearing rings act like a 'mini solar system'
If you unfurled Saturn's rings into lines, all the planets in the solar system could line up comfor…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn are clustering in the night sky in a rare, three-planet conjunction event. Here's how to see it on Monday.
Jupiter and Saturn recently aligned closer in the sky than they had in centuries. Now, Mercury has …
Aylin Woodward
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We live next to the largest gas cloud in the Milky Way — and it's giving birth to new stars
A new 3D map of the Milky Way reveals that we live next to the largest gas cloud in the galaxy. …
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Astronomers found gargantuan black hole 40 billion times bigger than the Sun — and it’s still not the biggest black hole ever
Located in the Galaxy Holm 15A among the Abell 85 cluster, the actual span of the black hole wou…
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Supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is beating faster than ever before
However, an increasing number of studies are pointing to the possibility that this may no long…