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At the world's northernmost year-round research station, scientists are racing to understand how the fastest-warming place on Earth is changing – and what those changes may mean for the planet's future.

RHESSI first began its tenure in 2002, focusing on X-Raying solar flares and gamma rays, the first images of their kind

Jess Row's new novel is about an American family that has imploded, one that's broken, possibly irretrievably. It's a stunning book, a high-wire balancing act that tries to do a lot — and succeeds.

Tom Cruise and genre films are a tricky fit, but he just managed to walk the tightrope here.

Life existed without human beings for more than 99.9% of Earth’s history. Yet we often ignore the achievements of species that preceded us by billions of years.

The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks from April 22 to 24. Here’s how to watch the "shooting star" spectacle.

A rare hybrid eclipse sweeps across the surface of Earth on April 20, appearing as a total eclipse, annular eclipse or transitioning between both, depending on one's vantage point.

RHESSI has been in space for 21 years. It has been capturing information about the sun

WASHINGTON — Amid growing lawmaker interest in establishing domestic supplies of rare earth minerals, a coalition of tribal leaders, backed by some members of Congress, is calling on President Joe Biden to extend permanent protections to more than a million acres of land near the Grand Canyon that are home…

Protests broke out in Myanmar’s Kachin State following the Kachin Independence Organization’s decision to grant Chinese companies permission to mine in the area near the border with China’s Yunnan Province.

Eyewitnesses said the collapse ‘felt like an earthquake’, while others said they immediately feared a terrorist attack