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Elections tend to bring out strong emotions in people. As voters evaluate the candidates, emotions can rise. Political disagreements may emerge. Even between loved ones, friends or neighbors, discussions can turn bitter. And this discord can affect everyone, even those…

Theia (noun, “THAY-ah”) Theia is a planet-sized object that scientists think collided with Earth about 4.5 billion years ago. When Theia smashed into a young Earth, it would have blasted fragments into orbit. And those fragments could have clumped together,…

Quantum computers are here. But could we ever build a quantum laptop?

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem “Ozymandias.”

Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive into the planet’s interior. But when did this process begin?

When the ‘God of chaos’ asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet’s gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid’s surface.

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn’s moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon’s vast subsurface ocean.

NASA’s Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian rock, potentially indicating a past interaction with liquid water.

An excavation at a Roman fortress in the country of Georgia has revealed a gold offering to a god of war, a colorful mosaic and other artifacts.

We take our timekeeping rules for granted, but the history of these rules is long and complex.