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How climate change could fuel impulsive behavior

'At some point we're going to have to react': How El Niño, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brink

Giant 'baby' planet is the youngest world scientists have ever seen

Space 'shark' takes top prize at ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest

Scientists identify rare genetic mutation that dramatically raises risk of lung cancer in nonsmokers

APOD: 2026 September 18 – Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center awarded $24.5 million five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health

The Sun May Have Swallowed An Earth-Like Planet

Fabricating photonics structure conductive pathways

Astronomy’s Decades-Long Quest To Understand Cosmic Topology