Earth's mysterious core may be encased by an ancient ocean floor that has mountains 5 times taller than Everest

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An illustration shows the Earth's core wrapped in red matter representing a newly discovered structure that may be wrapping around the Earth's core.

Watch the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate movement in just 40 seconds

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Tourists walk on a boardwalk in a Rift Valley exposing the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland
Tourists walk between a rift in the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates at at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland.

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Humans have pumped so much groundwater from the Earth that it's actually caused the planet's axis to shift, a new study found

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We're moving so much water from under the continents to the oceans that it's affecting our axial tilt, a new study found.

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Massive explosions from the sun pose a radioactive triple threat to the moon, Earth, and Mars

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A flash of light appears where the solar flare is released on the left side of the sun.
A picture of the sun taken on May 18 shows a powerful solar flare being released.

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Astronomers spot a sneak peek of Earth's death — a star swallowing a planet whole — for the first time

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This artist's interpretation shows a star so bloated that it's engulfing a doomed planet.

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NASA footage reveals 4 types of solar eruptions and 'holes' that could affect Earth as the sun grows more active

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the upper left side of the image – on January 10, 2023.

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An asteroid nearly the size of a skyscraper will whiz between the Earth and the moon on Saturday in a once-in-a-decade event

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(7-19 Dec. 1972) --- The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program.
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Adam Driver asked NASA how it plans to save Earth from world-ending asteroids

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Adam Driver arrives at the UK Premiere of the film 'House of Gucci' at Leicester Square in London, Britain.

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The Earth has tilted on its axis differently over the last few decades due to melting ice caps

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The Earth is shown in a picture taken from space, from above its pole.
NASA's asteroid-bound NEAR spacecraft took this mosaic image of Earth in January 1998.

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The 2023 spring equinox is here — here's what it is and how it works

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Earth is a like 7,917-mile-wide rotisserie chicken.

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