Images sent back by NASA’s Viking spacecraft in the 1970s revealed some unusual streaks stretching across the arid landscapes of Mars. The sighting had scientists excited about the possibility of free ...

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Today, the near-Earth asteroid known as Ryugu is bone dry. But new research suggests that the half-mile space rock may have once been flowing with liquid water — and crucially, at a period in the ...

Flooding may not inspire the same fascination and fear as tornadoes or hurricanes, but you shouldn’t underestimate its power. From 2015-2024, flooding claimed an average of 113 lives per year in the U ...