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More ambitiously, Elon Musk hopes to colonize Mars. Despite this promising progress, many remain skeptical. When asked to guess what the future holds for space tourism, only half the U.S ...

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Galapagos penguins hunting black striped salema fish in the water off the coast of Galapagos Islands.Credit: National Geographic/Bertie ... looks like Mars. Blue-footed boobies and local marine ...

The White House has released its budget request to Congress for the 2026 fiscal year, calling for about $163 billion in cuts ...

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Before Perseverance was launched, NASA equipped it with nine bits: one for Martian soil, two for removing the dust-covered ...

asked the 78-year-old director of the University of Washington’s Center for Ecosystem Sentinels and a National Geographic Explorer. “They’re comical, they’re curious, they’re endearing.” ...

A version of this story appears in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. The nonprofit National Geographic Society, committed to illuminating and protecting the wonder of our world ...

The guide comes with a full-color architectural rendering of the site as well as a poster that once accompanied an issue of National Geographic magazine. There are many miles of Inca trails across ...