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As climate change reshapes the planet, new rituals help people process ecological grief. Learn more about glacier funerals.

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Learn about the future of NASA's Artemis program after Artemis II, including plans to land on the Moon and begin building a ...

Learn more about April's full Pink Moon in 2026, how it got the name, and its cultural significance.

Learn how scientists are combining Medieval literature and modern scientific techniques to study space weather.

Find out when Artemis II will return to Earth, and learn how the crew is getting ready to endure an intense splashdown.

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Learn about the Orientale basin, a ringed impact structure on the moon that was recently seen by the Artemis II crew.

Learn how the IUCN added emperor penguins to the Red List as climate change drives sea ice loss and could cut their ...

Learn how Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) disintegrated during its close solar pass, forming a “headless wonder,” and what this ...