Articles filed under Science
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Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth, hints of moreMay 06, 2020 7:00 am - Meet your new but shy galactic neighbor: A black hole left over from the death of a fleeting young star. European astronomers have found the closest bla...
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NASA begs spectators for astronaut launch: Please stay home!May 01, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA and SpaceX on Friday urged spectators to stay home for the first home launch of astronauts in nearly a decade because of the coronavirus...
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NASA goes private for 1st astronaut lunar landers in decadesApr 30, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century, with three competing, quite contrasting ver...
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NASA, SpaceX pick May 27 to resume astronaut launches in USApr 17, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA and SpaceX have picked May 27 for resuming astronaut launches from the U.S. after nine years of complete Russian dependence. NASA Admin...
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Would you give up health or location data to return to work?Apr 15, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Cameron Karosis usually strives to protect his personal information. But a scary bout of COVID-19 that began last month with headaches and fevers, prog...
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Mercury-bound spacecraft buzzes Earth, beams back picturesApr 10, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A Mercury-bound spacecraft swooped past Earth on Friday, tweaking its roundabout path to the solar system's smallest and innermost planet. L...
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Tie game: Ancient bit of string shows Neanderthal handiworkApr 09, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It looked like a white splotch on the underside of a Neanderthal stone tool. But a microscope showed it was a bunch of fibers twisted around each other. ...
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Apollo 13's most famous quotes originated in HollywoodApr 09, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Apollo 13'²s best known quotes originated not in space or Mission Control, but in Hollywood. Their moon-bound spacecraft wrecked by an oxygen...
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'Houston, we've had a problem': Remembering Apollo 13 at 50Apr 09, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Apollo 13'²s astronauts never gave a thought to their mission number as they blasted off for the moon 50 years ago. Even when their oxygen ta...
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Modeling coronavirus: 'Uncertainty is the only certainty'Apr 07, 2020 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the ...