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Astronomers weigh in on the latest balloon conspiracy theory

If Brooks Koepka, a four-time major winner, is not pondering what on earth he is doing on the LIV Tour, he should be

The U.S. military started tracking more airborne objects it calls "low speed clutter" after shooting down a Chinese balloon. Weather forecasters know how to stay out of the way.

Over the past century, the Earth’s average temperature has swiftly increased by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The evidence is hard to dispute. It comes from thermometers and other sensors around the world.

Almost like aftershocks, questions about earthquake prediction tend to follow disasters like the Feb. 6, 2023, Turkey-Syria quake. Could advance notice have prevented some of the devastation? Unfortunately, useful predictions are still in the realm of science fiction.

February 15 marks the anniversary of the Chelyabinsk meteor, which had 30 times the force of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

To be clear: The asteroid is not going to hit us.

Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. Some studies were based on sightings by amateur entomologists, while others involved…

The magnitude-7.8 earthquake near Gaziantep that struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria on February 6, and the large aftershocks that followed, destroyed thousands of buildings and claimed tens of thousands of lives.