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TOPSHOT - A destroyed home is seen at Freeport on Grand Bahama island on September 10, 2019 following Hurricane Dorian.

Bahamas Issues New Tropical Storm Warning as It Struggles to Recover From Hurricane Dorian

A tropical cyclone is expected to form in the coming hours, U.S. officials ...

A tropical cyclone is expected to form in the coming hours, U.S. officials say

An artist's impression of the Milky Way galaxy colliding with Andromeda. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is moving towards the Andromeda galaxy. Astronomers predict that in about 4 billion years, the two galaxies will collide and begin to merge. The Solar System's fate is uncertain. It might end up in the final, larger galaxy, orbiting further from the core than it does now, or it might be ejected into space altogether.

The Universe Could Be 2 Billion Years Younger Than Previously Estimated, According to New Calculation

The generally accepted age of the universe is 13.7 billion years

A full harvest moon rises behind Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on September 16, 2016 as seen from Newark, NJ.

There's a Full Moon Due on Friday the 13th for Most of the U.S. The Next One Isn't for Another 30 Years

September's Harvest Moon is also nicknamed the Micro Moon

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Hello From the Year 2050. We Avoided the Worst of Climate Change — But Everything Is Different

Let’s imagine for a moment that we’ve reached the middle of the century. It...

Let’s imagine for a moment that we’ve reached the middle of the century. It’s 2050, and we have a moment to reflect—the climate fight remains the consuming battle of our age, but its most intense...

A massive chunk of free-floating sea ice is seen from above during NASA’s IceBridge mission in November 2017.

These Charts Show How High Sea Levels Will Rise if Antarctica's Ice Continues to Melt

Humans were not around to see Antarctica in the good times, tens of million...

Humans were not around to see Antarctica in the good times, tens of millions of years ago, when it was home to palms and baobab trees, reptiles and marsupials. It had some of the same...

Floodwaters surround corn sitting under a collapsed grain bin in this aerial photograph over Thurman, Iowa, U.S., on Saturday, March 23, 2019.

How Climate Change in Iowa is Changing U.S. Politics

Kamala Harris is trying not to step in it. As the California Senator turned...

Kamala Harris is trying not to step in it. As the California Senator turned presidential candidate tours a beef-and-produce farm in south-central Iowa on Aug. 11, a crouching campaign aide carefully walks a few feet...

The Story Behind TIME's Climate Change Cover

Thirty years ago, TIME named Planet Earth its Man of the Year, featuring a ...

Thirty years ago, TIME named Planet Earth its Man of the Year, featuring a cover by the artist Christo of the earth encased in plastic on a beach in Long Island, NY. For this week’s...

Bahamas Issues New Tropical Storm Warning as It Struggles to Recover From Hurricane Dorian

The Universe Could Be 2 Billion Years Younger Than Previously Estimated, According to New Calculation

There's a Full Moon Due on Friday the 13th for Most of the U.S. The Next One Isn't for Another 30 Years

Hello From the Year 2050. We Avoided the Worst of Climate Change — But Everything Is Different

These Charts Show How High Sea Levels Will Rise if Antarctica's Ice Continues to Melt

How Climate Change in Iowa is Changing U.S. Politics

The Story Behind TIME's Climate Change Cover

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