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How will the sun die? A new study has some ideas
This is the way our solar system ends.
Creeping lava engulfs roads and homes in videos, photos from Hawaii
"This is not the time for sightseeing."
By Mark Kaufman
Your international vacation is a whole lot worse for the planet than we thought
"Right now, polluting is basically free."
By Mark Kaufman
Congratulations, John Oliver, on the koala chlamydia ward named after you
How can you top this?
By Johnny Lieu
We ranked cloud types so you don't have to
From cumulonimbus to arcus, these are the most interesting clouds you could possibly spot.
Hawaii volcano eruption brings the state's worst earthquake in decades
Hawaii was hit with two major earthquakes, including one that is the state's worst since the 1970s, as the Kilauea volcano continued to erupt.
NASA's InSight lander launches on a mission to unlock the secrets of Mars
The Atlas V rocket carried the InSight lander that will measure earthquakes on Mars.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA launches its next mission to Mars on Saturday. Here's how to see it live.
NASA's InSight mission could unlock the secrets of Mars.
Lava shoots through a 500-foot-long fissure in the middle of a Hawaiian neighborhood
The volcano is in a building phase, and we happen to be building on top of it.
By Mark Kaufman
Hawaii bans sunscreens deemed harmful to coral reefs
It's the first US state to do so.
Earth just soared past yet another climate change milestone
This is the highest-ever carbon dioxide level in the air in human history.
Tiny satellites named Wall-E and Eva are about to take a trip to Mars. Will they survive?
Wall-E and Eva are heading to space.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA's next Mars mission launches Saturday: Everything you need to know
Let's go to Mars to look at some rocks.
The hottest April temperature ever recorded may have been set this week
Such heat records seem to be becoming the new normal.
Japanese Buddhist temple hosts funeral for over 100 Sony Aibo robot dogs
Farewell, Aibo friends.
Scientists just named a newly discovered water beetle after Leonardo DiCaprio
Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi, or as we prefer, a Leotle.
By Morgan Sung
Just how hot is 'hot as balls?' One curious man found out.
"Hot as Satan's dick" is apparently used pretty often.
Illnesses from ticks and insects have tripled in the US since 2004. Here's why.
"All these diseases are basically a plane flight away."
By Mark Kaufman
Storm chasers, get ready: The first severe weather outbreak of 2018 begins Tuesday
Will Oklahoma get its first tornado of the season?
In a surprise to scientists, gains in tackling dirty air have stagnated
The science-unfriendly EPA could make finding pollutant sources more challenging.
By Mark Kaufman
Boaty McBoatface is heading to Antarctica to help scientists answer urgent questions
Boaty is more than a meme.
This nomadic group of people once feared elephants. Now, they rescue them.
The Samburu people don't just raise orphaned elephants; they're preparing them for the wild.
By Mark Kaufman
The world's oldest recorded spider built herself a hole, then just stayed there till age 43
RIP the oldest spider on record.
Neal Shusterman's 'Dry' is a harrowing look at a world without water
It's not hard to see the parallels between the water crisis in 'Dry' and climate disasters happening in our real world news cycle right now.
By MJ Franklin
