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New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, ...

In the 30 years since the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, more than 6,000 planets outside our Solar System have been catalogued. Two modern-day explorers explain how.

Because the Earth is doing the work of increasing the Moon's momentum, the Earth's rotation slows down in turn, as its ...

Discover the synergy of dance and architecture, where space becomes an active participant in shaping human experience and movement.

The first fast radio burst, or FRB, was discovered in 2007 in archival data collected back in 2001, and scientists were ...

When you're driving on land, speed is measured in either miles per hour (mph) or kilometers per hour (km/h). These measurements are straightforward because you can see stationary landmarks and ...

EU researchers are developing powerful new telescopes to help uncover Earth-like planets around distant stars and advance the search for extraterrestrial life.

Every year in October, domestic violence receives the star treatment: its own month of observance, special merchandise and ...

The world is entering its second age of exploration, this one in outer space. But there's one big question: Will America get left behind? In the 21st century, America has seen enormous technological ...

The Midwest isn’t a place so much as muscle memory: you wave from the wheel, pack a spare layer, show up early, bring a ...