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NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet
NASA scientists conducting surveys of arctic ice sheets in Greenland got an unprecedented view of an abandoned "city under the ice" built by the U.S. military during the Cold War.
NASA satellites reveal Earth's continents are getting drier
Data from NASA satellites show a plunge in freshwater on Earth since May 2014, with 13 of the 30 most powerful droughts across the globe having taken place since January 2015.
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.
Precise new moon map could help guide future sample-return missions
The age of Mare Orientale could act like a lunar Rosetta stone for dating the age of the moon's other giant impact basins.
Did alien life exist in hot water on Mars billions of years ago?
Was alien life in "hot water" on Mars billions of years ago? New evidence from the Martian meteorite "Black Beauty" suggests so.
October 2024 set multiple US records for the driest month ever
Drought conditions expanded to record-breaking levels across the US during the month of October as temperatures also climbed to record highs.
NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
The Curiosity shows sulfur stones, with no explanation of how they occurred on the Martian surface.
'There are lots of mysteries in our backyard': Revised solar system chemistry explains long-standing puzzles
"We have been calling Uranus an ice giant, but we don't really know its nature."
