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The collision bears a striking resemblance to the one thought to have created the Earth and Moon about 4.5 billion years ago.

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals active volcanoes on Io in unprecedented detail thanks to an innovative technique.

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Climate change is slowing Earth's rotation at record speeds, causing GPS timing errors and navigation delays on your ...

"The current rapid rise in day length can thus be attributed primarily to human influences," said professor Benedikt Soja.

Today's sea level rise is significant enough to slow the rotation of the planet by just over a millisecond per century.

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The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

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Scientists at Harvard have built a miniature device that can twist and tune light in real time. By rotating two stacked photonic crystals and adjusting their spacing with a tiny mechanical system, ...