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Ten grams from Phobos may reveal how Mars got its moons
A sample weighing at least 10 g from Mars’ moon Phobos could contain enough individual…
Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak passes 10 000 confirmed cases in DRC
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reached 10 060…
Arctic stratospheric polar vortex forecast to weaken sharply in early November
NASA Ozone Watch’s current Arctic wind product forecasts the 60°N zonal-mean wind at 10 hPa…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS lost meters of its surface, giving scientists a depth scale for its chemistry
New calculations based on reported production rates indicate that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS lost the equivalent…
3D simulations reveal how a nuclear burst could break apart a threatening asteroid
Three-dimensional simulations developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory show how X-rays from a nuclear standoff…
A volcano in Tonga exploded so loudly in 2022 that people in Alaska, 6,000 miles away, were woken by the booms. Hawaii, at half that distance, heard nothing at all
When heavy booms woke Iris Caldentey in Palmer, Alaska, she went outside to check whether someone was breaking into the family’s cars. In Unalaska,…
In 2001, red rain fell on parts of Kerala, India, on and off for about two months. Scientists traced the color to algae spores, but one physicist argued the cells came from space.
On 25 July 2001, brief, sharply localized showers began turning collected rainwater red across parts of Kerala. The phenomenon continued intermittently for about two…
In 2002 a magnitude 7.9 quake on the Denali Fault shoved the ground about 14 feet sideways under the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, but engineers had designed Teflon sliders for the pipe nearly 30 years earlier, and no oil spilled.
On November 3, 2002, the M7.9 Denali Fault earthquake ruptured about 340 km (211 miles) of central Alaska and displaced the ground beneath the…
Kīlauea episode 56 ends abruptly after nearly 6 hours of lava fountaining, Hawaii
Episode 56 of Kīlauea’s ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 12:10 HST (22:10 UTC) on November 5, 2026, and ended abruptly at 18:01 HST that…
In 2001, red rain fell on parts of Kerala, India, on and off for about two months. Scientists traced the color to algae spores, but one physicist argued the cells came from space.
On 25 July 2001, brief, sharply localized showers began turning collected rainwater…
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Asteroid 2026 SZ2 passed Earth at just 0.05 lunar distances
Asteroid 2026 SZ2 passed Earth at 0.055 lunar distances (about 0.000141 AU / 21 100 km / 13…
Asteroid 2026 SZ2 passed Earth at just 0.05 lunar distances
Asteroid 2026 SZ2 passed Earth at 0.055 lunar distances (about 0.000141 AU / 21 100 km / 13 100 miles)…
