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William A. Anders, 90, Dies; Flew on First Manned Orbit of the Moon
During the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, his color photograph of an emerging Earth, known as “Earthrise,” became an icon and…
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Watch the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak
The event will be active when the moon is just a sliver in the sky, but it is less easy…
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Someday, Earth Will Have a Final Total Solar Eclipse
The moon will drift far enough from Earth that it no longer fully obstructs the sun. But predicting when this…
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The White House Has That Sinking Feeling (Thanks to an Artist)
Kiyan Williams, for their Whitney Biennial commission, recreated the column-lined facade from soil. Viewers can watch as it crumbles, sprouts…
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How Earth Might Have Turned Into a Snowball
A team of scientists thinks the planet may have been thrust into its longest ice age because less gas leaked…
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Told Ya So: The Prescient Posters of the Environmental Movement
Graphic artists have been helping call attention to climate change for decades, and a new exhibition charts the evolution of…
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A Supernova ‘Destroyed’ Some of Earth’s Ozone for a Few Minutes in 2022
A new study suggests that explosive events in space have the potential to temporarily switch off the natural shield that…
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Billions of Years Ago, Venus May Have Had a Key Earthlike Feature
A new study makes the case that the solar system’s hellish second planet once may have had plate tectonics that…
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Revering the Earth, Colombian Artist Delcy Morelos Brings It to Chelsea
To make sense of her country’s history of violence, the artist evokes beauty in the land. At Dia, you can…
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Days on Mars Are Getting Shorter
The discovery, using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, is puzzling to scientists who study the red planet.
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