As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

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Katie Paterson, a Scottish artist known for deeply research-based works, continues her universal explorations with two shows ...

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The latest solar flare follows an M-class one, the second-highest on the scale, that occurred days earlier on June 15. It ...

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“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...

Summer officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 20 with the summer solstice, the day with the greatest amount of ...

Spurred by rising utility bills, St. Peter’s-San Pedro Episcopal Church in Salem, Mass., looked for alternatives. Its “Heaven ...

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