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In May 2020, some unusual rocks containing distinctive greenish crystals were found in the Erg Chech sand sea, a dune-filled region of the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria.

A James Webb Space Telescope image of M51 boasts amber hues and reddish streaks, capturing the galaxy's gravitational relationship with a neighboring realm.

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night skies above this month

The 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption may have contributed to this year's heat, but it's not causing climate change.

Heat is just one of many stressors for the world’s beleaguered Amazon

The Virtual Telescope Project will host a free livestream of the Super Blue Moon of 2023 starting at 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 30 (0330 GMT on Aug. 31).

Air pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person on planet Earth than smoking or alcohol, but not enough funding is set aside to tackle it, an American study showed Tuesday.

On August 30, we will witness a rare celestial event- Super Blue Moon, which occurs when a full moon happens during the period when the moon is closer to the Earth. This phenomenon happens because the moon's orbit around Earth is elliptical and not circular. This means there are times…

Earth scientists and technical staff are in scope for potential job losses at New Zealand universities as part of a wider cost-cutting exercise. As a geologist, I find these mooted redundancies stupefying.