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Scientists are mapping Earth’s rivers from space before climate change devastates our planet
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Our planet’s rivers are like our planet’s arteries. They’re woven across the globe in intricate networks, ferrying life-sustaining freshwater around the world. ...
Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return?
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Talk about a dramatic exit! The sunspot AR3664, which is about 15 times wider than Earth, has finally rotated out of our ...
Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades
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US News By Associated Press Published May 15, 2024, 9:23 a.m. ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The sun produced its biggest flare ...
Behemoth sunspot AR3664 unleashes its biggest solar flare yet, sparking radio blackouts on Earth (video)
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It’s gone and done it again. Colossal sunspot AR3664 has unleashed its most powerful solar flare yet, and Earth is once again ...
A scorching, rocky planet twice Earth’s size has a thick atmosphere, scientists say
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DALLAS (AP) — A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar ...
Over 500 million years ago, weird complex creatures emerged on Earth. Scientists now think they know why
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Earth’s magnetic field ...
Watch 2 bus-size asteroids make close flybys of Earth this week (video)
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Two bus-sized asteroids will zip past Earth closely but safely this week, starting with a 7-meter-long (22-feet) space rock named 2024 JF ...
China launches Chang’e 6 sample-return mission to moon’s far side (video)
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China is headed back to the moon’s mysterious far side — and this time, the nation will bring back some souvenirs. The ...
The lunar far side is wildly different from what we see. Scientists want to know why
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When the Chang’e-4 ...
Scientists say they’ve traced the origins of a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid to the far side of the moon
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. An unusual asteroid ...
