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Northern lights seen over Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland, in 2018. Researchers discovered the northern and southern lights are not symmetrical, and now they think they know why. Image by REUTERS/Alexander Kuznetsov

Science May 26

The Earth’s magnetic north pole is shifting rapidly – so what will happen to the northern lights?

By Nathan Case, The Conversation

Science Apr 06

A heavy-metal planet orbiting a dead star may foretell our world’s end

The iron core of what was once a world has been found around a white dwarf star, shedding light on the final days of planetary systems — including our own.

By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American

Science Jan 31

Northern lights seen over Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland, in 2018. Researchers discovered the northern and southern lights are not symmetrical, and now they think they know why. Image by REUTERS/Alexander Kuznetsov
Why the northern and southern lights don’t always look identical

On a clear night, people near the poles might see colorful light wafting across the sky. New research could explain why these auroras don't look the same to everyone .

By Vicky Stein

Science May 14

This wide-angle camera view captures the entire north portion of Kilauea's overlook crater. Photo by U.S. Geological Survey
What Kilauea’s eruption can reveal about volcanoes on other worlds—and possibly, alien life

The Kilauea volcano provides a natural laboratory on Earth to study volcanoes found on other planets and moons in our solar system.

By Fedor Kossakovski

Science Jul 30

Watch asteroids pummel the Earth in its first 500 million years

Earth got pretty beat up in its first 500 million years. Scientists recreated thousands of asteroid strikes over 4 billion years ago. Those asteroids shaped the planet's crust, and may have contributed to the rise of life on Earth.

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Feb 08

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