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SNOLAB experiment, located deep in a nickel mine, aims to detect signs of dark matter particles passing through the Earth.

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Earth’s climate is wildly out of balance, and there is no precedent in recorded history for what is happening now on our planet. That’s the conclusion of the World Meteorological Organization’s annual ...

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A bold step toward returning humans to the Moon is underway with Blue Origin’s uncrewed MK1 “Endurance” lander, designed to test the technologies that future astronauts will rely on. Built in ...

Here are some ways the world might end in ice, according to science fiction. Earth freezes. Humankind’s remnants huddle in ice caves, fending off giant alien monsters (Snowball Earth). Or people ...

Christina Koch made history this week, becoming the first woman to travel around the moon. The NASA astronaut’s lunar flyby wasn’t her first groundbreaking moment: Koch also holds the record for the ...