Articles filed under Science
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Elon Musk's satellites dot the heavens, leaving stargazers upsetJul 08, 2019 1:00 am - Two days after Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 60 satellites in May as part of a mission to bring quick internet service to people worldwide, astronomers noticed something d...
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Best way to fight climate change? Plant a trillion treesJul 04, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe more. And there's enough room, Swiss scien...
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Mystery space object probably not aliensJul 03, 2019 12:00 am - All of the stars Matthew Knight saw through the giant telescope in Arizona were bright with persistent light. All of them but one, which appeared to be flashing, in a wa...
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NASA launches Orion crew capsule to test abort systemJul 02, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA conducted a full-stress launch abort test Tuesday for the Orion capsules designed to carry astronauts to the moon. The capsule was empty...
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Floating Antarctic ice goes from record high to record lowsJul 01, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. Floating ice off the southern contin...
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Don't recall Apollo 11? Global festivities have you coveredJul 01, 2019 7:00 am - You can run a race, hit a museum, shoot off a rocket or count down to the moment 50 years ago that Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. There's no shortage of ...
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Constable: Scientist sees genomes as 'blueprint' for treatmentJun 29, 2019 1:00 am - Ten years ago, 4-year-old Nicholas Volker of Wisconsin had exhausted treatment options for his digestive issues. "Nic was dying, and no one knew why," remembers Howard J...
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Restored Mission Control comes alive 50 years after ApolloJun 28, 2019 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Gone is the haze of cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke. Gone are the coffee, soda and pizza stains. With only a few exceptions, NASA's Apollo-era Mission Con...
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NASA plans to send a drone to Saturn's largest moonJun 27, 2019 7:00 am - Get ready to see another world from the eyes of a dragonfly - at least, a robotic one. NASA said Thursday that it's sending a drone called Dragonfly to explore Saturn's ...
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NASA opening moon rock samples sealed since Apollo missionsJun 26, 2019 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Inside a locked vault at Johnson Space Center is treasure few have seen and fewer have touched. The restricted lab is home to hundreds of pounds of moon r...