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Visualization showing how charged particles stream onto the poles of the Earth creating the northern and southern lights as seen in the new PBS documentary Earth from Space by NOVA.

Flat Earth, spirits and conspiracy theories — experience can shape even extraordinary beliefs

By Eli Elster published

Why do people often adopt and develop beliefs that lack strong supporting evidence?

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A photograph of the tip of Florida and nearby Cuba from space, with lights from cities illuminating the surface of the planet, labeled cities like Orlando and Tampa are seen as well as a green surface over Earth's labeled airglow

ISS astronaut snaps stunning nighttime photo of Florida and Cuba | Space photo of the day for Dec. 29, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The image offers a rare look at how Earth's surface and atmosphere interact after sunset.

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A view from the driver's side window of a car shows a white plane on the runway where the driver's hand shows a thumbs up on the left side of the image.

60,000 feet above Earth, NASA is hunting for the minerals that power phones, EVs and clean energy

By Julian Dossett published

The microwave-sized sensor detects 'spectral fingerprints' of important minerals.

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Two large brown and white islands are seen in a dark blue ocean from space with various labels including Vindication Island, Medusa Pool and Lucifer Hill

NASA satellite gazes into Medusa Pool | Space photo of the day for Dec. 24, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The South Sandwich Islands were born from a tectonic collision, forged by volcanism and relentlessly reshaped by ice, wind and waves.

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An image from Antarctica shows a giant machine in the foreground with a construction worker with a vest in the front left image and a white weather balloon in the background

NASA launches science balloon in Antarctica | Space photo of the day for Dec. 22, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The first scientific balloon flight happened on Dec. 16, 2025.

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A wildfire is seen in a forested mountainside, with orange flames among green pine trees and smoke drifting to the top right of the image

Wildfire smoke lofted miles high could have an unexpected effect on Earth's climate

By Stefanie Waldek published

New measurements demonstrate that smoke particles in the upper atmosphere are twice the size of lower-altitude ones.

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A dark circular eye peers out of a lighter landscape of the Saharan Desert

Seeing a bull's-eye in the desert | Space photo of the day for Dec. 5, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Is this really a crater in the Saharan Desert?

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Six rings showing yellow and blue on two halves with different labels

Earth's newfound 'episodic-squishy lid' may guide our search for habitable worlds

By Samantha Mathewson published

A newly discovered tectonic "regime" may explain why Earth has active plates while Venus remains stagnant.

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Elaborate red and black painting of a human-like figure holding a black spear thrower with dart in one hand and red darts and staff in the other hand.

Native artists in Texas and Mexico shared their vision of the universe for 4,000 years, ancient murals suggest

By Julian Dossett published

The term cosmovision refers to a conception of the universe in totality.

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The illustration shows a cutaway revealing the interior of early Earth with a hot, melted layer above the boundary between the core and mantle.

Mysterious lava puddles in Earth's mantle may hold clues about the origin of life: 'These are not random oddities'

By Stefanie Waldek published

Two perplexing structures deep inside Earth might be ancient remnants of our early planet, and they could hold clues about the origin of life.

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