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American Climate Corps Will Put Thousands of Young People to Work in Green Jobs

The initiative is modeled after a program that employed millions of Americans during the Great Depression.

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How to Actually See the September Equinox This Weekend

Stark black and white view of lunar surface with Shackleton Crater as a large round, brighter divot against a cratered dark landscape.

NASA's New Moon Mosaic Lets You Peer Deep Into Shackleton Crater

By Amanda Kooser

Shiny side of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft angled toward the camera, stacked on a long shiny rocket with launch tower beside it and Texas in the background.

Next Launch of SpaceX Starship Faces More Potential Delays

Comet Nishimura Survives Brush With the Sun and Enters Evening Sky

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NASA's Osiris-Rex Prepares to Deliver Asteroid Sample It Swiped in Space

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American Climate Corps Will Put Thousands of Young People to Work in Green Jobs

The initiative is modeled after a program that employed millions of Americans during the Great Depression.

Graphic shows flattened world map with redder areas indicating temperature anomalies across the globe in summer 2023.

NASA Declares Summer 2023 the Hottest on Record

By Amanda Kooser

Camelback Mountain in Phoenix

Summer Sizzles On, With Triple-Digit Heat Waves Breaking Records

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Using Solar-Powered AI Sensors to Detect Wildfires Earlier

By Jesse Orrall

Electronic Nose 'Smells' Wildfires for Ultra-Early Detection

By Jesse Orrall

All Things Space

Look past the horizon for stories about rocket launches and captivating photos of our universe.

Stark black and white view of lunar surface with Shackleton Crater as a large round, brighter divot against a cratered dark landscape.

NASA's New Moon Mosaic Lets You Peer Deep Into Shackleton Crater

A stunning tag-team image from two NASA moon cameras illuminates future human landing sites.

By Amanda Kooser

Shiny side of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft angled toward the camera, stacked on a long shiny rocket with launch tower beside it and Texas in the background.

Next Launch of SpaceX Starship Faces More Potential Delays

osiris-rex illustration

NASA's Osiris-Rex Prepares to Deliver Asteroid Sample It Swiped in Space

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Jupiter's Moon Callisto Has a Whole Lot of Oxygen Scientists Struggle to Explain

Illustration of a blue-looking exoplanet K2-18 b close up against the darkness of space with a small red orb of a star in the distance.

Webb Finds Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Might Be an Ocean World

By Amanda Kooser

Biology News

Our editors share cellular-level detail about life on Earth.

Artist's illustration of two pre-dino Pampaphoneus biccai looking like stocky big lizards with big teeth in a forest.

'Gnarly-Looking Beast' Revealed in 265-Million-Year-Old Fossil

The well-preserved skull of a pre-dinosaur predator shows a creature that could chew bones.

By Amanda Kooser

The Bionic Eye That Could Restore Vision (and Put Humans in the Matrix)

By Jackson Ryan

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In the Shadow of Chernobyl, a Pack of Dogs Unlike Any Other Roams the Wasteland

By Jackson Ryan

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This Insect Pees at High Speed Using 'Butt Flicker'

Insect with a dark thin body and bulbous eyes with curled antennae and four long, lacey wings extending out. A giant lacewing.

Rare, Jurassic-Era Giant Insect Discovered at Arkansas Walmart

By Amanda Kooser

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American Climate Corps Will Put Thousands of Young People to Work in Green Jobs

How to Actually See the September Equinox This Weekend

NASA's New Moon Mosaic Lets You Peer Deep Into Shackleton Crater

Next Launch of SpaceX Starship Faces More Potential Delays

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Comet Nishimura Survives Brush With the Sun and Enters Evening Sky

NASA's Osiris-Rex Prepares to Deliver Asteroid Sample It Swiped in Space

NASA Declares Summer 2023 the Hottest on Record

Jupiter's Moon Callisto Has a Whole Lot of Oxygen Scientists Struggle to Explain

'Gnarly-Looking Beast' Revealed in 265-Million-Year-Old Fossil