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'That could push them over the edge': 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

Newly confirmed 'baby planet' is the youngest alien world scientists have ever discovered

A space shark, 'royal' auroras and a 'Venusian pearl': See the winners of the 2026 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