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Earth will overshoot the critical warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels within the next decade, the United…

Three Chinese astronauts, or taikonauts, have been temporarily stranded in space after their return capsule was struck by a piece…

Scientists have created a three dimensional map of a distant planet’s atmosphere for the first time.Using data from the James…

A 3,000-year-old Maya site is actually a giant, city-size map depicting the “order of the universe,” researchers say. The ruin,…

A new study helps reveal why some vaccines, including those for COVID-19 and influenza, are less effective in older adults…