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A new island forming in the Red Sea, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the coast of Yemen. This natural-color image was acquired by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) aboard the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. Credit: Robert Simmon, using ALI data from
Earth's Newest Island, Burped from a Volcano, ...
A new island has formed out of the lava and ash from a volcanic eruption in the Red Sea. Unlike many such islands whi...
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Computer-generated image depicting a view of Earth as seen from the surface of the asteroid Toutatis. Credit: NASA/JPL
Earth has Two 'Moons' Right Now, Theorists Say
A new study characterizing the way Earth captures nearby asteroids suggests that our planet typically has a temporary...
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Giant Tsunami-Shape Clouds Roll Across Alabama...
Unusual clouds rolled across the Alabama sky on Friday. Called Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, they formed because warm winds...
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Can a Butterfly in Brazil Really Cause a Torna...
The butterfly effect has long been used by weather and financial forecasters as an excuse for why they can't make acc...
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Do Ocean Waves Really Travel in Sets of 7?
Sea-worn mariners will tell you that waves travel in sets of seven, but is that true?
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Would You Really Sink If You Fell into a Volcano?
The common understanding of how humans die when they fall into lava is wrong. You wouldn't sink and melt. You would c...
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