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Australia's wildfires created a 'record-breaking' smoke plume in the upper atmosphere

Can’t have smoke without fire.

Miami dredging caused "extensive coral mortality and critical habitat loss" for the US' only continental reef

It's nothing short of a tragedy.

Enceladus "the only body besides Earth to satisfy all of the basic requirements for life," Cassini reveals

This small moon has huge potential.

NASA finds more evidence of water plumes on Europa

Europa's water is acting up.

Strange, Unexplainable Clouds Hover over Mars

Mysterious cloud-like formations hovering over Mars challenge our understanding of the Red Planet's climate. Interestingly, amateur astronomers spotted the bizarre feature rising off the edge of the red planet in March and April of 2012 and since then, no satisfying answer regarding to their formation has been put forth. Now, scientists have concocted a new theory, but there's only one problem - it poses more questions than it answers.

Tectonics on Enceladus

As you may or may not know, we’ve launched a new section of our website: Science Questions and Answers – a section aimed at you guys, where you can ask all questions science-related, and share your knowledge with others. We’re still in the beta version, but please, feel free to ask away – we’ll do […]

A salty ocean under Saturn's moon surface

Launched in 1997 on a mission to study Saturn and its satellites, the Casisni spacecraft reached the system in 2004. Since then it has provided numerous invaluable scientific findings regarding the second largest planet in our solar system, and other important scientific findings alike. One such finding was detailed in a recently published study, which […]

Geophysics shows plume of Yellowstone volcano is much larger than previously believed

Yellowstone is without a doubt one of the most fascinating places on the face of the planet. But it doesn’t only attract families or people who want to relax, but it attracts scientists as well, and among them, geologists and geophysicists hold a top spot. University of Utah researchers made the first large-scale picture of […]