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With the heat there comes a lot of questions as to why its happening? Experts at purdue university may have some answers.

When the Lunar Prospector charged into the Moon in a controlled crash in July, researchers were hoping it would kick up signs of water on the Moon. Now,...

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The impact of an ancient comet that had come hurtling through the cosmos created a component which was subsequently used as the centerpiece of King Tut’s brooch. But there has been debate as to how exactly this event created the glass. Now scientists from Australia and Austria think they have the definitive answer.

By Michael Wysession, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis; first published in The Conversation Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the weather in 2023. People have been quick to blame climate change – and they’re

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 27, 2023 - New images, created using data acquired by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESAs Mars Express spacecraft, s

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An exquisitely preserved fossil forest from Japan provides missing links and helps reconstruct a whole Eurasia plant from the late Miocene epoch.

NASAs Perseverance rover is busy exploring the Red Planet and hunting for signs of ancient life.

The researchers are still unsure how marine ecosystems are changing to reflect the color changes.