Ice-formed features on Mars. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/University of Arizona) Mars may be a freeze-dried planet now, but once, it was supposedly (almost) another Earth, with flowing water that froze into hulking mountains of ice. Because glaciers and ice sheets on Earth tend to
OPEC and non-OPEC partners on Wednesday agreed to impose deep output cuts, seeking to spur a recovery in crude prices despite U.S. pressure to pump more. Oil prices have fallen to roughly $80 a barrel from over $120 in early
People gather during celebrations marking the incorporation of regions of Ukraine to join Russia in Red Square with the Kremlin Wall and the Historical Museum in the background in Moscow, Russia, September 30, 2022. © Maksim Blinov, Kremlin Pool Photo, AP
CNN — Protesters from the environmental group Greenpeace were ejected from the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday after disrupting British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s first speech as leader. Two female activists held up a flag that read “Who voted for this?” before they were escorted
The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 4:25 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2, 2022. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar
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It may be an unlikely spot for a cash machine, but the Khunjerab Pass ATM has been serving the small number of residents and border staff – and adventurous tourists – since 2016. “We’re going to the end of Pakistan,”
Oct 4 (Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to proceed with his original $44 billion bid to take Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) private, security filings showed on Tuesday, calling for an end to a lawsuit by the social media company that could
A handout computer generated image shows the 40,000-seater Al-Rayyan Stadium which will host matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. © ©AFP / HO / Qatar World Cup’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy With a little over a
We may need to look for “pale yellow dots” instead. An artist’s impression of three kinds of habitable planets: a planet with mostly land; a planet with a good mix of land and sea, like Earth; and an ocean planet