The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the planet since 1957 — not a true ...

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As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth's third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are sharply ...

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

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