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Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Episode Sends Lava Fountains to 500 Feet at Halemaʻumaʻu

USGS says the short-lived event stayed within the summit crater, prompting advisories for vog and windborne Pele’s hair.

Science Study Finds El Niño Raises Extreme Daily Rains in India’s Wettest Regions

Iron Carbonate, Not Phosphate, Preserved Biomolecules in Ancient Coprolites

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NASA Images Confirm New Island in Alaska’s Glacier Bay as Alsek Glacier Pulls Back

NASA Study Finds Sun’s Long-Term Activity Rebounded, Raising Space-Weather Risks

New 'Ananguite' Tektite Field Identified in Australia From 11-Million-Year-Old Impact

Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes Papua’s Nabire, Scattered Damage Reported

Arctic Sea Ice Hits 2025 Minimum, Tying 10th-Lowest Extent on Record

Reanalysis of GRACE Data Points to 2007 Deep-Mantle Shift Near Earth’s Core

Mount St. Helens Plumes Are Wind-Blown 1980 Ash, Not a New Eruption

Asteroid 2025 FA22 Safely Speeds Past Earth at More Than Twice the Moon’s Distance

Study Pinpoints Microbial Colonization of Finland’s Lappajärvi Impact Crater

Mars’s Winter Polar Vortex Triggers Seasonal Ozone Buildup, Scientists Report

Conference Model Points to Rare, Distant Technological Civilizations in the Milky Way

Shocked Quartz at Three Clovis Sites Revives Case for Younger Dryas Comet Airburst

Study Ties Earth’s Early Crust Changes to Milky Way Spiral-Arm Passages

NASA Images Show Alaska’s Prow Knob Has Become an Island as Alsek Glacier Retreats

The Moon Is Drifting Farther From Earth by 3.8 Centimeters a Year

Aurora Chances Persist Tonight Across Northern U.S. After Weekend G3 Storm

MIT Lab Quakes Reveal Where Earthquake Energy Goes