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There are a lot of satellites, and a lot of trash, around our planet — and the quantities are only going to get higher.

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The fierce debate about smartphones and adolescent mental health rests on conflicting science. Researchers and technology companies must work to improve it.

By The New York Times Farewell to Gaia, the Milky Way’s Cartographer After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.