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In an astronomical event that has captivated the attention of skywatchers and scientists alike, the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is set to momentarily vanish from the night sky. On December 12, the main belt asteroid Leona will eclipse Betelgeuse, a prominent first-magnitude star located on the shoulder of the constellation Orion. This illustration plots changes in the brightness of the …

Scientists in Germany have stripped the Southern Schneeferner in the Alps of its status as glacier after extreme heat this summer hastened its demise. Experts say many of Europe's glaciers are likely doomed to vanish in the coming decades due to human-caused climate change. The announcement Monday by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences means Germany now has only four glaciers …

A dramatic change in climate that occurred about 30 million years ago resulted in a mass extinction in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula that is just now being documented by the scientific community. A team of international scientists analyzed a large collection of fossils from five mammal groups that once roamed those regions, revealing that 63 percent of the species …

Scientists behind a landmark study of the links between oceans, glaciers, ice caps and the climate delivered a stark warning to the world on Wednesday: slash emissions or watch cities vanish under rising seas, rivers run dry and marine life collapse. Following a subsequent report published last month on land use and farming, the IPCC Special Report on the Oceans …