Articles filed under Science
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NASA's next Mars rover is brawniest and brainiest one yetJul 27, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - With eight successful Mars landings, NASA is upping the ante with its newest rover. The spacecraft Perseverance - set for liftoff this week -...
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China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on MarsJul 23, 2020 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the red...
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Stone tools suggest earlier human presence in North AmericaJul 22, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stone tools found in a Mexican cave suggest that people were living in North America as early as about 26,500 years ago, much earlier than most scientist...
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Telescope snaps family portrait of 2 planets around baby sunJul 22, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - For the first time, a telescope has captured a family portrait of another solar system with not just one, but two planets posing directly for...
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Astronauts squeeze in last spacewalk before SpaceX departureJul 21, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts squeezed in one last spacewalk Tuesday before turning their attention to the all-important end to SpaceX's first crew flight. Making t...
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Rich Americans spew more carbon pollution at home than poorJul 20, 2020 7:00 am - Rich Americans produce nearly 25% more heat-trapping gases than poorer people at home, according to a comprehensive study of U.S. residential carbon footprints. Scientis...
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Space station power upgrades nearly finished after spacewalkJul 16, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Spacewalking astronauts completed their part of a three-year power upgrade to the International Space Station on Thursday, replacing six more...
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NASA's Hubble successor delayed again by virus, other issuesJul 16, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The launch of NASA's successor to the Hubble Space Telescope faces seven more months of delay, this time because of the pandemic and technica...
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Spacecraft snaps closest pictures of sun, 'campfires' aboundJul 16, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A European and NASA spacecraft has snapped the closest pictures ever taken of the sun, revealing countless little 'œcampfires'ť flaring every...
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Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelierJul 15, 2020 7:00 am - Nearly impossible without man-made global warming, this year's freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change's most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a new f...