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The expansion of greenhouses in southern Ontario is changing the appearance of the land surface—and the night sky.
After marching from Selma, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, and…
The Large Magellanic Cloud—one of our closest neighboring galaxies—is a hotbed of star formation that is visible to both astronauts…
Scientists say the seasonal crop fires are burning later in the day than in previous years.
An astronaut photographed moonglint shimmering across the sea surface and the bright clusters of Florida’s cities at night.
Satellites have tracked development over the decades as a small city in southern Nigeria grew to more than 2 million…
The ancient walls, ramparts, and ditches that wind through this Nigerian city are the longest known earthworks of the pre-mechanical…
The tart berry and state fruit brings a red pop to holiday feasts—and to satellite images of Midwestern marshlands.
Over millions of years, water has sculpted limestone in northern Vietnam into an extraordinary karst landscape full of towers, cones,…
