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Researchers May Have Uncovered the Long Lost Ancient Temple of Poseidon

Excavation and study is still in the early phases for this shrine, which might have been a temple of Poseidon.…

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There’s a Silent but Massive Environmental Crisis We’re Finally Addressing

Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images This story is part of CNET Zero, a series that chronicles the impact of climate…

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Environmental Racism Explained and What the US Is Doing About It

Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images "Cancer Alley" is an 85-mile stretch of land in Louisiana containing 150 petrochemical facilities situated…

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Life on the ‘Terminator’: What Survival on the Nearest Exoplanet Might Look Like

An artist's impression of what the "terminator" zone may be like on Proxima b. ESO/M. Kornmesser What if night and…

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NASA’s James Webb Telescope finds first exoplanet almost exactly the same size as Earth

NASA's James Webb Telescope hit another milestone on Wednesday, identifying its first exoplanet 41 light-years away that is almost exactly…

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This Record-Breaking Star System’s Year Is Shorter Than One Earth Day

An illustration of an ultracool dwarf star (front, red) with a companion white dwarf (back, white with blue haze).  Getty…

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NASA Planet Hunter Finds Intriguing World in Star’s Habitable Zone

Artist illustration of TOI 700 e orbiting in the habitable zone of its star.  NASA/JPL-Caltech/Robert Hurt Well, hello there! Astronomers…

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Major Milestone: NASA’s James Webb Telescope Finds Its First Exoplanet

An illustration of the exoplanet LHS 475 b. NASA, ESA, CSA, L. Hustak (STScI) NASA and the European Space Agency's…

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NASA’s Webb finds what may be the most chemically primitive galaxy identified

NASA said a new analysis of distant galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed what may be…

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21-foot orca whale dead in Florida after getting beached

Authorities in Flagler County, Florida, are overseeing the removal of a 21-foot orca that beached itself on the coast.The orca,…

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