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A massive illuminated entertainment sphere is coming to Abu Dhabi's Yas Island by 2029, backed by $1.7 billion in funding. The 20,000-seat venue will showcase cutting-edge technology alongside Emirati culture and regional artists.
The 2022 Tonga eruption accidentally destroyed a potent greenhouse gas through a chemical reaction never before seen in the stratosphere. Scientists can now track methane removal from space, opening doors for future climate solutions.
While Earth's surface heats up, the upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades, and scientists finally know why. Carbon dioxide acts as a cooling system high above the planet, radiating heat into space in ways researchers just cracked.
German researchers are using laser technology to detect and measure pollution from burning satellites and rocket stages in Earth's upper atmosphere. The breakthrough could help protect our ozone layer as space traffic increases.
A San Francisco company is spreading rock powder on farmland to speed up a natural process that pulls carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. What took thousands of years in nature now happens in just a few.
Scientists in Argentina discovered a bizarre new dinosaur that combines features never seen together before, helping solve a 155-million-year-old mystery about how giants evolved in the Southern Hemisphere. The 65-foot Bicharracosaurus is rewriting what we know about Jurassic titans.
A 22-year-old space telescope that's discovered countless cosmic explosions is falling back to Earth, but NASA just tested the rescue spacecraft that could save it. The mission has only months to succeed before the beloved observatory burns up in the atmosphere.
A thrilling soccer rivalry between Dynamos FC and CAPS United drew 25,000 paying fans to Rufaro Stadium in Harare, marking one of the season's biggest crowds. The electric atmosphere signals a major resurgence in Zimbabwe's local football scene.
A dazzling meteor flashed across Tasmania's night sky Sunday, turning everything bright green and giving lucky stargazers a show they'll never forget. The cosmic visitor, possibly from Halley's Comet, broke apart in the atmosphere just before 9:30pm.
A rescue spacecraft just passed critical tests that could save a 22-year-old NASA observatory from burning up in Earth's atmosphere later this year. The mission represents a faster, cheaper solution than building a replacement telescope from scratch.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just delivered the most detailed look ever at the surface of a rocky planet outside our solar system. The breakthrough technique will help scientists search for atmospheres and potential life on distant worlds.
From the International Space Station, astronaut Chris Williams photographed our galaxy rising above a stunning natural light show created by Earth's own atmosphere. The rare shot shows airglow, a phenomenon where sunlight energizes atoms to create a soft, continuous glow around our planet.
China just finished building its first zero-carbon industrial park in Hebei Province, where factories run entirely on renewable energy without adding carbon to the atmosphere. The breakthrough shows how manufacturing can grow while cleaning up the planet.
Scientists are deploying underwater concrete batteries off Long Beach by 2026 that use ocean pressure to store clean energy without lithium or rare earth metals. The technology could unlock 817,000 gigawatt-hours of global storage capacity using just seawater and physics.
NASA's Curiosity rover got its drill stuck in a Martian rock for six days, but engineers on Earth found a creative solution to set it free. The 14-year-old rover is back to exploring Mars and studying its atmosphere.
Astronomers discovered how a mini-Neptune survived alongside a massive hot Jupiter by migrating toward their star together, defying the usual cosmic rule. The breakthrough came from studying the smaller planet's atmosphere with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Scientists just discovered something remarkable about a small frozen world billions of miles away. A planet barely 300 miles across is wrapped in its own thin atmosphere, challenging what we thought possible in the distant reaches of our solar system.
A major energy company just committed half a billion dollars to plant trees that will remove 50 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The 40-year partnership marks one of the largest private investments in nature-based climate solutions.
Costa Rica now sells more electric vehicles per person than almost anywhere in the Western Hemisphere, with EVs making up 18 percent of new car sales. The shift is helping the country avoid economic pain from soaring oil prices while Chinese automakers offer models under $20,000.
A curious boy spotting tiny spheres near an ant nest led scientists to discover a century-old mystery about how insects and plants work together. His dad, an entomology professor, turned the moment into groundbreaking research that rewrites textbooks.
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