Articles filed under Science
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'Hot, wet and wild' 2016 weather as US has warmest JuneJul 07, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - America's warm, wild and costly weather broke another record with the hottest June, federal meteorologists say. And if that's not enough, they calculat...
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Delay those New Year's plans: 2016 is getting a leap secondJul 06, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Already a leap year, 2016 will drag on a bit longer. International timekeepers are adding a leap second at year's end. Because Earth is slowing down a ...
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Destination Jupiter: What to expect during the Juno missionJul 05, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Now that the Juno spacecraft is settled in orbit around Jupiter, the real work is about to begin. Juno will fly closer to Jupiter than any other space...
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Jupiter has new visitor — a solar-powered spacecraftJul 05, 2016 7:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Soaring over Jupiter's poles, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the solar system's largest planet on a mission to peek behind the cloud tops. The fina...
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Welcome to Jupiter: NASA spacecraft reaches giant planetJul 05, 2016 7:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Braving intense radiation, a NASA spacecraft reached Jupiter on Monday after a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets. Groun...
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Scientists hope new shark cam gives insight to deep divesJul 01, 2016 7:00 am - MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) - Researchers are developing a one-of-a-kind camera to mount on great white sharks in an effort to discover why the fish travel each year to a spot...
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Unsolved mysteries about the solar system's biggest planetJul 01, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Swirling storms. Dusty rings. Glowing polar lights. Glimpses of Jupiter have been beamed back by robotic explorers since the 1970s. Most visits were b...
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Bright spot: Antarctica's ozone hole is starting to healJun 30, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Antarctica's ozone hole finally is starting to heal, a new study finds. In a triumph of international cooperation over a man-made environmental problem...
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Journey to Jupiter: NASA spacecraft nears planet rendezvousJun 30, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jupiter takes center stage with the arrival next week of a NASA spacecraft built to peek through its thick, swirling clouds and map the planet from th...
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Booster rocket fires in key NASA test for Mars missionsJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's fireworks came early this year with a successful rocket test in Utah. On Tuesday, NASA fired a booster intended to hoist astronauts in...