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What’s inside Mexico’s Popocatépetl? Scientists obtain first 3D images of the whole volcano

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What’s inside Mexico’s Popocatépetl? Scientists obtain first 3D images of the whole volcano

The year’s first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skies

The year’s first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skies

Hungary’s ‘water guardian’ farmers fight back against desertification

Hungary’s ‘water guardian’ farmers fight back against desertification

The moon and sun figure big in the new year’s lineup of cosmic wonders

The moon and sun figure big in the new year’s lineup of cosmic wonders

Russia sends 3 Iranian satellites into orbit, report says

2025 has been a banner year for space observation

2025 has been a banner year for space observation

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‘The best gift ever’: Baby is born after the rarest of pregnancies, defying all odds

‘The best gift ever’: Baby is born after the rarest of pregnancies, defying all odds

Neil Frank, former hurricane center chief who improved public outreach on storms, has died

Neil Frank, former hurricane center chief who improved public outreach on storms, has died

The nearly complete skull of a very thick-headed dinosaur is on display at the Smithsonian for the next week

The nearly complete skull of a very thick-headed dinosaur is on display at the Smithsonian for the next week

Japan’s new flagship H3 rocket fails to put geolocation satellite into orbit

Japan’s new flagship H3 rocket fails to put geolocation satellite into orbit

Muddy eruption at Yellowstone’s Black Diamond Pool captured on video

Muddy eruption at Yellowstone’s Black Diamond Pool captured on video

Cosmic trifecta: Winter Solstice, meteors from The Little Bear, ‘Alien’ comet passes by Earth

Cosmic trifecta: Winter Solstice, meteors from The Little Bear, ‘Alien’ comet passes by Earth

Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

You finally got a doctor’s appointment. Here’s how to get the most out of it

You finally got a doctor’s appointment. Here’s how to get the most out of it

How sewage can be used to heat and cool buildings

How sewage can be used to heat and cool buildings

Nodding off is dangerous. Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments

Nodding off is dangerous. Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments

Hubble Space Telescope spies dusty debris from two cosmic collisions

Hubble Space Telescope spies dusty debris from two cosmic collisions

Along the Texas Coast, a new sanctuary aims to protect the endangered and rare whooping crane

Along the Texas Coast, a new sanctuary aims to protect the endangered and rare whooping crane

Rain creates a crimson spectacle on Iran’s Hormuz Island for the first time this year

Rain creates a crimson spectacle on Iran’s Hormuz Island for the first time this year

Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before Christmas

Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before Christmas

Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator in do-over after Musk feud

Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator in do-over after Musk feud

Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab in Colorado

Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab in Colorado

Saturn’s moon Titan may not have a buried ocean as long suspected, new study suggests

Saturn’s moon Titan may not have a buried ocean as long suspected, new study suggests

To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networks

To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networks

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