North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occupation in North Carolina dates back 10,000 years, found at the Hardaway Site.

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Earlier this year experts gathered at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for the largest, most detailed simulation of an asteroid strike on a US city. North Carolina's city of Winston-­Salem volunteered to be "impacted," and hundreds of state and local officials played the "wargame."

Hurricane Helene's Aftermath: North Carolina Faces a New Crisis

Baffling Scientists: Scientists Discover Mysterious “Alien” Flatworm in North Carolina

Debris Found in North Carolina Came From SpaceX Dragon, NASA Says

NASA confirms space debris in North Carolina was from SpaceX Crew Dragon reentry

North Carolina Volunteers Work Toward Cleaner Well Water

Space debris from SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed in the North Carolina mountains. I had to go see it (video)

A North Carolina Museum Hopes Fossils Solve a Dinosaur Mystery

Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs

NASA Astronauts to Speak with North Carolina, Virginia Students

"Extinct" 1690s Peanut resurrected when researchers found 40 surviving nuts in North Carolina State University lab

Tree-Top Triumph: Rare Ant Colony Found in North Carolina

Rare ant species rediscovered in North Carolina trees

Biden’s plan to tap former North Carolina health chief as CDC director wins praise

Thousands of cannonball jellyfish wash ashore after swarming North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Chief Engineer for Mars helicopter to speak at Wright Brothers National Memorial on National Aviation Day. (Friday August 19 and Saturday August 20 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina) (weather permitting).

Low school test scores linked to racial segregation and lead exposure in North Carolina

Pine needles tell the story of PFAS in North Carolina

The North Carolina Town Besieged by Armadillos

32,000 mph fireball spotted soaring over North Carolina