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A false-color satellite image by Planet Labs shows the Palisades Fire consumed coastal neighborhoods. Land covered in vegetation is seen in red.

Devastation of raging Los Angeles fires visible from space in satellite images

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Satellite images show destruction caused by huge, fast-moving fires raging this week in Southern California.

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smashed cars and other debris lay strewn across a muddy field beside a brown river

Fall 2024 was Earth's warmest autumn ever

By Meredith Garofalo published

Fall 2024 makes history in the record books as the warmest on record in the past 130 years.

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The Thompson fire burns around Lake Oroville in Oroville, California on July 2, 2024.

'Ambitious climate action is more urgent than ever:' 3 Climate records broken in 2024

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

2024 has been another challenging year for Earth's climate, marked by record temperatures, extreme weather events, and urgent warnings from scientists about the accelerating pace of global warming.

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melting ice pours off the tip of an ice sheet

Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video

By Stephanie Pappas published

Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

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An illustration of the colliding galaxies of MACS J0018.5 with the dark matter (blue) racing past normal matter (orange).

How 2024 brought us deeper into the world of particle physics

By Keith Cooper published

Dark matter, antimatter, W bosons and neutron lifetimes all feature in our top 10 stories.

Particle Physics
a large white bear stands on a sheet of ice surrounded by blue water

'Ominous milestone for the planet': Arctic Ocean's 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds

By Ben Turner published

The Arctic's ice cover could dip below a crucial threshold as soon as 2027, and will do so inevitably in the next 20 years if greenhouse gas emissions continue, scientists warn.

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Four elephants, two larger and two smaller, stand in the shade amidst an arid landscape.

Satellites find likely cause of mysterious African elephant deaths of 2020

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Climate extremes seem to have exacerbated toxins in the elephants' water supply.

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Against a black background, hazy blue spikes stick out around a glowing green hue, covering a lemon-shaped object with some slight striping internally of yellow, red, and blue greens.

The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever

By Victoria Atkinson published

Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the far side reveal. 1

Particle Physics
The night sky over Kyiv, Ukraine in 2020.

Cosmic rays could help assess hidden war damage in Ukraine

By Tereza Pultarova published

Energetic particles that arise when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could help assess hidden damage to buildings in Ukraine after the war.

Particle Physics

October 2024 set multiple US records for the driest month ever

By Meredith Garofalo published

Drought conditions expanded to record-breaking levels across the US during the month of October as temperatures also climbed to record highs.

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