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Richard M. Goldstein, Who Helped Map the Cosmos, Dies at 97
Using ground-based radars, Dr. Goldstein pioneered measurement techniques that scientists now use to chart geographical changes on Earth.
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Our Planet Is About to Reach Its Greatest Distance From the Sun
Earth whirls around the sun in an ellipse, rather than a circle. On Friday the planet will reach its farthest point from its star, known as aphelion.
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Rivers of Lava on Venus Reveal a More Volcanically Active Planet
New software let scientists re-examine old radar images, providing some of the strongest evidence yet that volcanoes continue to reshape the hellish planet.
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Books
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Review: Apocalypse Later
The pleasant distractions of a beautiful open world undermine core narratives about pain and sacrifice on a doomed planet.
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Uranus and Neptune Reveal Their True Colors
Neptune is not as blue as you’ve been led to believe, and Uranus’s shifting colors are better explained, in new research.
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A Star With Six Planets That Orbit Perfectly in Sync
One hundred light years away, a handful of planets are circling a star in the same configuration as when they formed.
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Morgan Freeman Would Like to Tell You the History of Everything
In an interview, Freeman discusses narrating the Netflix documentary “Life on Our Planet,” which goes from the dawn of time to the present day.
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Days on Mars Are Getting Shorter
The discovery, using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, is puzzling to scientists who study the red planet.
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‘The Unheard Symphony of the Planet’
surfacing ‘The Unheard Symphony of the Planet’ Using a tiny device called a Raspberry Shake, people around the world are tuning in to the earth’s vibrations. By Madeleine Morley Photographs by Peter Fisher Credit...Peter Fisher for The New York ...