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Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

It’s official: The year 2024 was indeed the hottest on record. It was also the first year in recorded history that Earth’s average temperature was higher than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial times. What’s important about that increase?…

A metal sword broken into three pieces may be evidence of a Germanic warrior’s burial from the Roman Empire.

A man went to hospital complaining about weakness in his left leg, and subsequent brain scans revealed a surprising finding.

Here’s everything you need to know about how to see the first “blood moon” total lunar eclipse since 2022, and the only one visible from North America this year, when it rises in March.

NASA has increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, up from 1 in 42 as reported in previous calculations.

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular “reset” events that help sea creatures survive in the ocean’s deepest reaches.

Researchers estimate that recent abortion bans have driven a rise in infant death rates in affected states, especially among Black children and kids with congenital anomalies.

Spotting artifacts in the U.S. is common, but archaeologists want you to leave them in place.

Sagittarius A*, our galaxy’s supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope to find out why.