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Past articles by Paola:

Why we love to anthropomorphize space-faring robots

Robot explorers have been surveying the Martian landscape for decades. NASA engineers and scientists explain why they take on human characteristics. → Read More

Millions See The World Through a 'Static' Haze Called Visual-Snow Syndrome

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sierra Domb, founder and CEO of the Visual Snow Initiative, about her journey with visual-snow syndrome – a neurological condition where people see tiny, snow-like flecks in their vision. → Read More

Blood Falls gushes red water from Antarctica's ice. It took scientists 106 years to figure out what causes its color.

The falls were first discovered in 1911. It took a century for scientists to pin down the origin of its fiery hue. → Read More

Lasers revealed 5 ancient civilizations that were hiding in plain sight

Cutting-edge laser technology has allowed archaeologists to find the ruins of villages, ceremonial sites, and buildings hidden in dense forest. → Read More

5 of the wildest experiments tardigrades have survived in the name of science

The extremely hardy (and cute) tardigrades thrive in harsh environments ill-suited for most life, including the vacuum of space. → Read More

Listen to The Pacific 'Bloop' Sound That Flummoxed Scientists For 8 Years

In the summer of 1997, scientists recorded a strange, loud noise originating from an area west of Chile's southern coast. → Read More

Reports of People 'Spontaneously' Burning Might Have a Rather Macabre Explanation

In December 2010, a 76-year-old man burned to death on his living room floor in Ireland. → Read More

Mesmerizing new NASA image shows the lava on one of Jupiter's moons that helps form the massive planet's auroras

NASA's Juno spacecraft snapped an infrared picture of Jupiter's moon Io, which is home to hundreds of volcanoes. → Read More

Fusion Breakthrough: US Experiment Hits Monumental 'Ignition' Milestone

Scientists have made a "breakthrough" in their quest to harness nuclear fusion. → Read More

These Depressing Images Show What We're Not Seeing in The Night Sky

If you were to look up at the night sky, it could range from a dusty glow to an inky black expanse with thousands of sparkling stars, depending on where you are. → Read More

7 times NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted something Hubble missed

With its infrared gaze, the James Webb Space Telescope can capture galaxies, planets, moons, and auroras that Hubble can't detect. → Read More

7 photos that show the climate crisis is not a distant threat — it's already here

A formerly sunken boat sits upright into the air as a drought depletes water levels in Lake Mead on June 22, 2022.AP Photo/John LocherBillions of people are already suffering because of climate change, a United Nations report concluded.Research links global rising temperatures to heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and wildfires. → Read More

The World's Largest Active Volcano Is Erupting For The 1st Time in 38 Years

For the first time in decades, Hawaii's Mauna Loa – the largest active volcano in the world – erupted, turning the sky red. → Read More

Here's How NASA Determines Which Applicants Make It to Be Astronauts

Many children grow up gazing up at the night sky, dreaming of becoming astronauts who boldly go to the Moon – and beyond. → Read More

Rare Fossil of Extinct American Lion Discovered Thanks to The Mississippi Drying Up

At the end of October, a Mississippi resident made a rare discovery along the drought-stricken Mississippi River – a fossilized jawbone from an American lion that roamed the area roughly 11,000 years ago, according to McClatchy News. → Read More

A 23-Ton Chunk of Dead Space Rocket Is About to Fall Out of The Sky

China successfully launched the third and final piece of its new Tiangong space station on Monday – and the rocket's 23-ton body is coming back down somewhere on Earth this weekend. → Read More

85 Years After It Was Abandoned, Explorers Find a Historic Cache of Camera Gear

In 1937, legendary aerial photographer and cartographer Bradford Washburn abandoned hundreds of pounds of camera gear, surveying equipment, and supplies when he ran into bad weather while exploring Canada's frigid Yukon region. → Read More

We Just Got Our Closest View of Europa in 20 Years, And We Can't Stop Staring

On Thursday morning, NASA's Juno spacecraft flew within 219 miles of the surface of Europa, a large icy moon that orbits Jupiter. → Read More

The Pakistan Flood Crisis Is a Heartbreaking Tragedy Awash With Uncomfortable Truths

Relentless rains in Pakistan over two months have caused the country's worst flooding in more than a decade. → Read More

James Webb Turns Its Gaze on Jupiter, and The View Is Simply Phenomenal

Astronomers' new eye in the sky, the James Webb Space Telescope, has already captured images of the most distant galaxies ever seen. → Read More