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This diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system. It will make its closest approach to the Sun in October.

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  • Science

NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system

The newly discovered interstellar visitor is just the third of its kind and fascinates astronomers who hope to learn from it about galaxies far, far away.

July 03, 2025
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A resident of Altadena, Calif., during wildfires in January 2025. Wildfires are getting more extreme because of climate change. The Trump administration has taken down the website for the National Climate Assessment, which is the most comprehensive and authoritative source of information about how climate change is affecting all parts of the U.S.

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  • Climate

The White House took down the nation's top climate report. You can still find it here

The National Climate Assessment is the most influential source of information about climate change in the United States.

July 02, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
Phillip McKenzie, who was paralyzed from the neck down in a fall in 2012, uses a brain-computer interface developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh to navigate complex virtual tasks that simulate everyday activities,

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  • Science

Click, speak, move: These brain implants are poised to help people with disabilities

People who can no longer move or speak may soon have a new option: an implanted device that links their brain to a computer.

July 02, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Hurricane Erick hit Oaxaca, Mexico, in June. Hurricane forecasters used data collected by Department of Defense satellites to monitor the storm as it intensified more rapidly than computer models had suggested it would. Such DoD data will no longer be shared with forecasters.

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  • Climate

Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data

Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.

July 01, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
An employee works on a solar panel inside a Qcells factory in Dalton, Ga.

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  • Climate

Solar manufacturing is booming. Advocates say it could go bust without incentives

Abruptly ending tax incentives that encourage solar developers to buy American could upend a booming manufacturing sector.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company, wants his firm to be the first to commercially mine the ocean floor. He applauded a recent executive order signed by President Trump, which promotes deep-sea mining as a way for the U.S. to counter China's advantage in key global mineral supplies. " This resource can help America become mineral independent, just like it became energy independent through shale and gas," Barron says.

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  • Climate

This company wants to be the first to mine the ocean floor, with Trump's help

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean. Other countries say the minerals aren't America's to mine.

June 30, 2025
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  • Daniel Ackerman
A satellite photo of Iran's Fordo fuel enrichment facility taken on June 24 shows debris (grey) from a U.S. strike employing several bunker-busting weapons. The Israeli Air Force destroyed additional roads and surface facilities in a subsequent strike.

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  • National Security

Obliterated? Damaged? Inoperable? What's known about Iran's nuclear facilities

Iran's nuclear program has been dealt a blow, here's an overview of the current state of its facilities.

June 29, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Brent Jones,
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A 5-year-old Customs and Border Protection beagle named Freddie, pictured in a CBP Facebook video in March, was kicked and injured by a traveler this week during a bag search at Washington Dulles International Airport.

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  • Law

Man kicked and injured a CBP beagle during airport baggage search

An Egyptian traveler who kicked the 25-pound dog was ordered to pay its vet fees and turn himself in for removal from the country.

June 28, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
In this photo taken from video shows a bright object traveling in the sky in McDonough, Ga., on June 26, 2025.

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  • Environment

What's that in the sky? We're not sure, but the fireball was very bright

The object was likely either a meteor or space junk, with most sightings of the streak of light and fireball coming from Georgia and South Carolina, the National Weather Service said.

June 26, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit is prepared for operations ahead of "Operation Midnight Hammer" at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, June 2025.

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  • National Security

Why America's giant bunker-busting bombs may have failed to reach their target

Reaching Iran's most fortified nuclear enrichment site is a challenge, even for the world's biggest conventional weapons.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
People impacted by wildfires in 2025 seek information and relief at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Pasadena, Calif. The president has said the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, should be eliminated, and has appointed a group of high level officials to recommend options for restructuring or reforming the agency.

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  • Climate

The Trump administration says it wants to eliminate FEMA. Here's what we know

Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The president says state governments should do more.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a Crew Dragon capsule from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. The Ax-4 mission is the fourth private spaceflight for the Houston-based commercial company, which is flying four astronauts on a two-week trip to the International Space Station.

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  • Space

SpaceX launches 4 people into orbit on Axiom Space Ax-4 mission

It's the fourth mission to the International Space Station for Axiom Space. The Houston company works with SpaceX for rides to the station and coordinates with NASA to use the ISS for its astronauts.

June 25, 2025
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By:
  • Brendan Byrne
Jessica Chaikof was born with Usher 1F syndrome, which results in congenital deafness and eventual blindness.

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  • Science

She hoped key research could help save her eyesight. Then the Trump funding cuts came

Jessica Chaikof says research into gene therapies could someday save her eyesight. But she worries cuts to federal research funding could mean that therapy won't be ready in time.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Craig LeMoult
This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top right) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth.

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  • Science

This observatory's first images are stunning — and just the start

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly spot previously unseen astronomical objects.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce

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  • National Security

Satellites show damage to Iran's nuclear program, but experts say it's not destroyed

Satellite imagery shows trucks at two key sites the day before the American strikes, suggesting uranium could have been moved.

June 23, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Alyson Hurt
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