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A young Black person with short dyed-blonde hair wearing a yellow jacket and eclipse glasses while looking up at an eclipse in front of some residential buildings.

How to watch Saturday’s ‘ring of fire’ eclipse from wherever you are How to watch Saturday’s ‘ring of fire’ eclipse from wherever you are

By John Kennedy

Meteorites fall during a meteor shower.

Get ready to watch the Lyrid meteor shower peak this weekend Get ready to watch the Lyrid meteor shower peak this weekend

By Laura Baisas

A group of people outside their cars along a closed road, wearing eclipse glasses to watch a solar eclipse.

Watch this week’s rare solar eclipse from anywhere in the world Watch this week’s rare solar eclipse from anywhere in the world

By Briley Lewis

A US postal worker delivering packages to a tan residential building, with a USPS truck parked on the street in the foreground.

How to order free COVID tests from the US government, starting today How to order free COVID tests from the US government, starting today

By John Kennedy

Lyrid meteor shower seen from Earth's orbit

A thousands-year-old meteor shower will peak in the night sky this week A thousands-year-old meteor shower will peak in the night sky this week

March 2022 wildfires over Texas in a satellite map

What’s behind the unusual wildfires burning through Texas What’s behind the unusual wildfires burning through Texas

By Philip Kiefer

Outside of Kyiv maternity hospital with sandbags in windows due to Russian airstrikes on Ukraine

Russian bombing of a Ukrainian hospital could violate the Geneva Convention Russian bombing of a Ukrainian hospital could violate the Geneva Convention

People wearing COVID surgical masks in a dark movie theater

The CDC is relaxing indoor mask guidelines and shaking up how it measures COVID risk The CDC is relaxing indoor mask guidelines and shaking up how it measures COVID risk

By Purbita Saha

Winter Storm Landon moving off the Gulf Coast on the night of February 3 on a weather radar satellite image

Ice, tornadoes, and cracking trees: Why Winter Storm Landon dragged a melee of weather across the US Ice, tornadoes, and cracking trees: Why Winter Storm Landon dragged a melee of weather across the US

By Philip Kiefer

Guiana Space Center mission control during the James Webb Space Telescope launch on Christmas Day

Space Telescope

After years of delays, the James Webb telescope is finally in space After years of delays, the James Webb telescope is finally in space

By Rachel Feltman

The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe.

The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe. The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe.

By Kate Baggaley

Three white and pink Pfizer COVID antiviral pills in plastic packaging.

You might not be ‘fully vaccinated’ soon You might not be ‘fully vaccinated’ soon

By Elana Spivack

Dinosaurs who stuck together, survived together

Dinosaurs who stuck together, survived together Dinosaurs who stuck together, survived together

By Kate Baggaley

A new vaccine may curb the koala chlamydia epidemic

A new vaccine may curb the koala chlamydia epidemic A new vaccine may curb the koala chlamydia epidemic

Three syringes and ampules.

What the COVID-19 vaccine booster data still can’t tell us What the COVID-19 vaccine booster data still can’t tell us

By Philip Kiefer

FDA expert panel recommends all J&J vaccine recipients get a booster

FDA expert panel recommends all J&J vaccine recipients get a booster FDA expert panel recommends all J&J vaccine recipients get a booster

By Claire Maldarelli

Two identical twin women of color stand in front of a gray brick wall, wearing striped shirts and braided hair.

Scientists can now tell if you had a ‘vanishing’ twin in the womb Scientists can now tell if you had a ‘vanishing’ twin in the womb

A photo of the planet Jupiter.

Space Telescope

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is whirling faster than ever Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is whirling faster than ever

An illustration of a 2-legged dinosaur running beside a small brown bird, on a checkered background. Their skin is see-through, revealing bones and tendons.

Two-legged dinosaurs wagged their tails like giant, scaly puppies Two-legged dinosaurs wagged their tails like giant, scaly puppies

An illustration of Earth next to Mars, comparing sizes. Earth is bigger.

Mars may be too small to have ever been habitable Mars may be too small to have ever been habitable