Articles filed under Science
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What caused ancient mass extinction? Hot ocean water blamedDec 06, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists think they've figured out the falling dominoes that led to Earth's largest mass extinction and worry that human-caused climate change puts t...
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Climate reality check: Global carbon pollution up in 2018Dec 05, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After several years of little growth, global emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide experienced their largest jump in seven years, discouraging scie...
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Christmas turkey, fruitcake rocketing toward space stationDec 05, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Christmas turkey rocketed toward the International Space Station on Wednesday, along with cranberry sauce, candied yams and the obligatory fr...
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NASA spacecraft arrives at ancient asteroid, its 1st visitorDec 04, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years. The robotic e...
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Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSightDec 01, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - As Mars' newest resident settles in, Planet Earth is working on three more landers and at least two orbiters to join the scientific Martian b...
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Next US moon landing will be by private companies, not NASANov 29, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - America's next moon landing will be made by private companies - not NASA. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday that nine U.S...
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Peek at Fermilab's beginnings, thanks to Mickey DolenzNov 27, 2018 10:00 pm - Pop star, physics buff Mickey Dolenz shares footage of Fermilab's construction
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Mars touchdown: NASA spacecraft survives supersonic plungeNov 27, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Minutes after touching down on Mars, NASA's InSight spacecraft sent back a "nice and dirty" snapshot of its new digs. Yet the dust-speckled image ...
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'Flawless': NASA craft lands on Mars after perilous journeyNov 26, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft designed to drill down into Mars' interior landed on the planet Monday after a perilous, supersonic plunge through its red ...
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The Latest: NASA spacecraft lands on Mars to dig deepNov 26, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Latest on the landing by NASA's InSight spacecraft at Mars (all times local): 2:53 p.m. A NASA spacecraft has landed on Mars to explore t...