Articles filed under Science
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Most distant world ever explored gets new name: ArrokothNov 12, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The most distant world ever explored 4 billion miles away finally has an official name: Arrokoth. That means "sky" in the language of the Nat...
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BC-US-SCI--What Can Be Saved, ADVISORY, USNov 12, 2019 6:00 am - Intense efforts to save or revive ecosystems are being waged around the world, reversing some of humankind's most destructive past actions and preserving vital natural h...
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Mini Mercury skips across sun's vast glare in rare transitNov 11, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit. Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars a...
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The most destructive hurricanes are hitting US more oftenNov 11, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Big, destructive hurricanes are hitting the U.S. three times more frequently than they did a century ago, according to a new study. Experts generally m...
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SpaceX launches 60 more mini satellites for global internetNov 11, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched 60 mini satellites Monday, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage. The Falcon rock...
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Mercury putting on rare show Monday, parading across the sunNov 08, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Mercury is putting on a rare celestial show Monday, parading across the sun in view of most of the world. The solar system's smallest, innermost p...
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Earth looked like 'absolute paradise,' astronaut tells Maine South studentsNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - Michael Massimino, a former NASA astronaut, described the view of Earth from space as "paradise" to students at Maine South High School in Park Ridge Friday. Massimino,...
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Boeing: Pin problem caused parachute issue in capsule testNov 07, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Boeing says a problem with a pin caused its Starliner capsule to land with two instead of three parachutes earlier this week. The crew capsul...
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BC-US-SCI--What Can Be Saved, ADVISORY, USNov 07, 2019 6:00 am - Intense efforts to save or revive ecosystems are being waged around the world, reversing some of humankind's most destructive past actions and preserving vital natural h...
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Bringing the world's buried wetlands back from the deadNov 05, 2019 6:00 am - HINDOLVESTON, England (AP) - The ghosts are all around the gently rolling farmlands of eastern England. But you have to know where to look. These are not the kind of pha...