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A mega-asteroid impact may have extinguished the Red Planet's magnetic field.
After an astronaut loses a bag of tools in space, NASA calculates how to proceed.
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A 12,000-year-old skeleton found in a communal grave may be the remains of a shaman.
After one species of penguin was hunted to apparent extinction, another emerged.
CO2 levels in groundwater are going up faster than atmospheric levels.
Scholars find the world's oldest known Islamic inscription and it holds a key clue.