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"Our study shows that this ice sheet becomes unstable and melts if carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reach 600 parts per million--levels which may be reached by the end of the century if emissions reductions target...

On the night of Sunday, April 24, if you stay up a little past midnight, you will see in the southeastern sky an amazing gathering of bright celestial objects: Mars, Saturn and the red giant star Antares.

Following an anomaly observed during the countdown for the launch of Soyuz flight VS14 carrying Sentinel-1B, the countdown was halted. 

An April 19 event at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, showcased the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) prototype the agency is developing for the Federal Aviation Administration (...

Sometime you see a photograph that's just so wonderful you can't wait to show it to other people. That shot above is one of those photos. It was taken by Petr Horálek, a European Southern Observatory Ambassador -- the ...