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Wildfires turn world’s largest forests into carbon emitters

The world's largest forests, such as in northern Canada and Russia's Siberia, may soon release more carbon than they historically stored.

La Niña climate pattern has ended. What’s next?

La Niña has ended and neutral conditions are now in play. Will El Niño come next, possibly by fall? Learn more about climate conditions here.

A supermassive black hole has astronomers talking

Fast star formation - and a central supermassive black hole obscured by dust - characterize a new, very distant galaxy labeled COS-87259.

Detecting asteroids near the sun with NEOMIR

NEOMIR - an early asteroid warning system - will target asteroids near the sun. It will look for and monitor asteroids 65 feet (20 m) and larger.

Leonardo da Vinci studied gravity, too

A new look at the notes of Leonardo da Vinci show that he studied and understood much about gravity centuries ahead of his time.

Making art from ocean plastic to raise awareness of trash

Pam Longobardi creates art with ocean plastic to raise awareness of the garbage accumulating in the world's oceans. See her art here.

Black holes as source of mysterious dark energy

Researchers have found evidence for black holes as the source of dark energy in our universe. This would solve a long-standing mystery in cosmology.

A new space junk catalog for moon missions

With more moon missions in the works, scientists are creating a space junk catalog to track debris between Earth and the moon.

The 5 impact craters on Earth that highlight our wild past

We highlight 5 impact craters on Earth that give scientists insight into our planet's wild and violent history. See the 5 impacts here.

Flashes on the sun might help predict solar flares

Using data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, scientists have found that flashes on the sun could help them predict the next solar flare.

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