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During the first two years of the team's studies, snow sealed the entrance to Snow Dragon cave. But in recent years, low snowpack has kept the entrance open year-round.

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Behold the Beauty of Disappearing Glacier Ice Caves on Mt. Hood

Catch them before they're gone -- these tunnels and caverns may soon melt away

Surprising bright spots lurking in Ceres’ Occator crater, as spotted by the Dawn spacecraft

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We Finally May Know the Cause of Ceres’ Bright Spots

It's not aliens

Microplastic poses a growing concern in oceans and other aquatic habitats.

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Five Things to Know About Congress' Vote to Ban Microbeads

Included as exfoliators in many common soaps and cosmetics, microbeads now pollute waterways worldwide

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See the Vatican Light Up With Images Warning Against Climate Change

Animals prowled across St. Peter's Basilica in a move to connect Earth's beauty with the dangers of climate change

The informally named al-Idrisi mountains meet the smooth surface of Sputnik Planum in this image.

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New Images Capture Pluto’s Mountains, Badlands and Craters in Breathtaking Detail

These images are "the best close-ups of Pluto that humans may see for decades," according to NASA

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This Is How Dolphins 'See' Humans With Echolocation

A news study capture images of what dolphins 'see' underwater

An artist's depiction of the Akatsuki spacecraft in orbit around Venus.

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Japan’s Akatsuki Spacecraft May Finally Be Orbiting Venus

The five-year wait is over (almost)

The cute-yet-contentious tardigrade

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Tardigrades Stir Up Controversy and Showcase Science in Action

Rival scientists quickly challenge recently published research about water bears' mysterious genomes

An artist's rendition of what the Juno spacecraft will look like as it flies by Jupiter

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NASA Needs Your Help Snapping and Processing Images of Jupiter

The public will help direct JunoCam as it twirls past Jupiter next July

A cyclist braves Beijing's smog with a face mask last month.

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Beijing Just Issued Its First “Red Alert” for Smog

Will the city's latest smog crisis spur international action on climate change?

Mount Etna's eruption on December 3, 2015 was powerful enough to produce volcanic lightning

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Watch Mount Etna and Momotombo Erupt in All Their Glory

Photos and video catch the spectacular events in action

An ultra-marathoner runs the Ultra tour de Mont Blanc

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An Unexpected Effect of Ultra-Marathons: Brain Shrinkage

Don’t worry, it isn't permanent

Geminid meteors streak across the sky behind a barn in western Iowa.

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Catch a Glimpse of the Comet Catalina and the Geminid Meteor Shower

The meteor shower peaks next week as comet Catalina gets closer throughout the month

The LISA Pathfinder probe on display in September, 2015.

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A Space-Based Physics Lab Could Help Scientists Study How Gravity Warps Spacetime

The LISA Pathfinder Probe could help reveal the ripples caused by black holes and supernovae

The top of Mauna Kea with Keck Observatory in the foreground

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Court Revokes the Construction Permit for Contentious Hawaiian Telescope

Protestors physically blocked access to the Mauna Kea construction site for more than a year and now the project faces another roadblock

Residents evacuate their homes in Chennai during catastrophic floods.

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Five Things You Should Know about the Catastrophic Flooding in Chennai

Mass evacuations, a submerged airport and questions about the city's urban planning

The rainforest edge at the Amazon river in Peru

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Amazon Tree Census Makes Clear Just How Many Species are in Trouble

More than half of the Amazon's trees could qualify as threatened species

This is an artist's impression of sauropod dinosaurs on the Isle of Skye.

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Hundreds of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered Along the Scottish Coast

Giant sauropods once roamed the Isle of Skye

Male or female? Turns out there's no distinction.

New Research

There’s No Such Thing as a Male or Female Brain

When it comes to sex traits, brains are consistently inconsistent

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Mount Everest’s Glaciers are Turning Into Lakes

Thousands of Himalayan glaciers could melt by the end of the century

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