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A wildfire outside Reno began on August 22 and has already burned more than 15,000 acres of land

The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024

The search for frozen water is crucial to both China’s and NASA’s plans to establish permanent moon bases

On the 20th anniversary of Pluto’s infamous demotion, Mike “Pluto Killer” Brown explains why any reversal of that decision would be driven more by nostalgia than science

Forests, extreme weather and the realities of a warming world

Even as cases of diseases such as measles rise, childhood vaccinations are declining, thanks to changes in public health policies and antivaccine sentiment, experts say

When that energy reaches the ground, some of it is converted into seismic waves that ripple through the soil and rock beneath—“thunderquakes”

Snapped on August 23, 1966, by the uncrewed Lunar Orbiter 1, the photo’s legacy lives on in the breathtaking images of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew

Trauma can distort how memories are stored and retrieved in the brain

After a spike in infections in July, this explosive-diarrhea-causing outbreak may be coming to an end

Twisters don’t touch down in New York City often, but they can when the conditions are just right

A strengthening El Niño may surpass any seen since the 19th century and will usher in another record hot year or two